Location Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Rite Latin Status Active Address Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Architectural style Eclecticism Leadership Wenceslao Selga Padilla Architectural type Church | Affiliation Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical or organizational status Cathedral Website www.sppcathedral.mn Opened 2002 Phone +976 11 46 1743 Year consecrated 2003 | |
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The Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, designed by Serbian architect Predak Stupar and consecrated in 2003 by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe; its shape resembles that of a yurt.
It is the official episcopal see of the Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar.
Building
It has 36 semicircular windows and a window in the skylight. They were added by 2005, and were part of a project of Brother Mark, a member of the Taizé Community. The windows depict the four evangelists in their symbolic forms: an eagle, an angel, a yak and a snow leopard. The latter two are the local reinterpretations of traditional Christian iconography, which replace the traditional winged bull and a winged lion.
References
Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral (Ulaanbaatar) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA