Holy Spirit Cathedral, Kpalimé

The Holy Spirit Cathedral[1] (French: Cathédrale Saint Esprit de Kpalimé) or simply Cathedral of Kpalimé,[2] is a religious building located in the town of Kpalimé (also written Palimé) in the southern part of the African country of Togo.

Holy Spirit Cathedral
Cathédrale Saint Esprit de Kpalimé
LocationKpalimé
Country Togo
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and serves as the seat of the Diocese of Kpalimé (Dioecesis Kpalimensis; Diocèse de Kpalimé) which was created in 1994 by the bull "Supremo in Ecclesia" by Pope John Paul II.

History

The cathedral has its origins in the main station and the Holy Spirit parish founded in 1902[3] by Monsignor Hermann Bücking SVD,[4] in the time when Togo was a possession of the German Empire. The first stone of the present cathedral was laid by German missionaries in 1913[5] and was blessed in 1914. It was restored in 2001 and was consecrated as a cathedral in 2003.

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See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Togo
  • Holy Spirit Cathedral

References
  1. Cathédrale Saint Esprit de Kpalimé
  2. Futé, Petit (2014-11-19). Petit Futé Togo (in French). Petit Futé. ISBN 9782746978591.
  3. Nicoué, GAYIBOR (2011-06-28). Histoire des Togolais. Des origines aux années 1960 (Tome 4 : Le refus de l'ordre colonial) (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 9782811133481.
  4. Biography of Bücking Archived 2016-12-06 at the Wayback Machine (French)
  5. Collectif; Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul (2010-12-08). Togo 2011-12 (in French). Petit Futé. ISBN 274693597X.

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