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Cathedral · Laayoune, Western Sahara

St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral

St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral is the cathedral of the Apostolic Prefecture of the Western Sahara, in Laayoune, Western Sahara, dedicated to Francis of Assisi. A cathedral is the church of the bishop, where his chair, the cathedra, stands: the mother church of the diocese, where he ordains priests and blesses the holy oils each Holy Week.

Where
Laayoune, Western Sahara
Cathedral of
Apostolic Prefecture of the Western Sahara · its bishop today
Dedicated to
Francis of Assisi
Founded
1954

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St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral
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