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Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Buka

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Roman Catholic Church

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Buka, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea

The Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Roman Catholic Church and is located in the town of Buka on the south coast of the island of Buka, in the autonomous region of Bougainville, formerly ā€³province of Bougainvilleā€³ which is part of Papua New Guinea a country in Oceania.

The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and depends on the Catholic diocese of Bougainville (Dioecesis Buganvillensis), which in turn is under the responsibility of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (Congregatio pro Gentium Evangelizatione).

The ancient cathedral of the diocese was the church of St. Michael the Archangel in Tubiana, in the same province.

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Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Buka Wikipedia