Location Kralendijk
Bonaire | Denomination Roman Catholic Church | |
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Country Kingdom of the Netherlands | ||
The St. Bernard Church (Papiamento: Parokia San Bernardo) is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the city of Kralendijk the capital of the Caribbean island of Bonaire, a territory in the Caribbean Dutch organized as a special municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Antilles.
The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and depends on the Catholic Diocese of Willemstad on the neighboring island of Curacao. This painted yellow and white colors and its main part stands out for its shape that resembles a triangle, which is topped by a cross and next to the bell tower. It offers Mass in the local language Papiamento.
Two previous churches in honor of St. Bernard was built on this site one in the eighteenth century and the next in 1829. The current was built in 1948.