St. Peter's Cathedral, Gizo

The St. Peter's Cathedral [1] also called Gizo Cathedral is the cathedral affiliated to the Catholic Church that is located in the city of Gizo the second largest locality in the Solomon Islands a country of Oceania.

St. Peter's Cathedral
LocationGizo
Country Solomon Islands
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

The temple on Gizo Island and the Western Province was inaugurated and blessed by Bishop EJ Crawford on June 18, 1964,[2] follow the Roman or Latin rite and is one of the 3 Catholic cathedrals in that nation and is the mother church of The Diocese of Gizo (Dioecesis Ghizotana) Suffragan from the Archdiocese of Honiara and began as an apostolic vicariate in 1959, being elevated to its present status in 1966 through the bull "Laeta increa" of Pope Paul VI.

The cathedral building suffered damage in the earthquake and tsunami of April 2007,[3] was later remodeled and extended on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the temple.[4]

It is under the pastoral responsibility of Bishop Luciano Capelli.

See also

References
  1. Cathedral of St. Peter in Gizo
  2. Moore, Clive. "St. Peter's Catholic Cathedral, Gizo - Place - Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopaedia". www.solomonencyclopaedia.net. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  3. Wallace, Fr Martin. "Earthquake and Tsuami hit Solomon Islands - April 3, 2007". www.op.org.au. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  4. Malakana, Rellysdom A. "Updates St. Peter's Cathedral Diocese of Gizo". www.catholicgizo.org. Retrieved 2017-02-11.

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