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St. Francis of Assisi Church, Oranjestad

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Location
  
OranjestadAruba

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic Church

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Country
  
Kingdom of the Netherlands

The St. Francis of Assisi Church (Papiamento: Parokia San Francisco di Asis Dutch: Sint Franciscus Kerk) also alternatively called Pro Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and serves as the pro-cathedral or temporary cathedral in the city of Oranjestad, on the Caribbean island of Aruba, an autonomous country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Lesser Antilles.

It is a temple that follows the Roman or Latin rite and depends on the Diocese of Willemstad (Dioecesis Gulielmopolitana). This is one of the most important churches in Aruba that was built in 1813 and offering religious services in Papiamento and English.

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