Assumption of Mary Cathedral, Hiroshima

Assumption of Mary Cathedral
被昇天の聖母司教座聖堂
Location Hiroshima
Country  Japan
Denomination Roman Catholic Church

The Assumption of Mary Cathedral [1] (Japanese: 被昇天の聖母司教座聖堂) also called Memorial Cathedral of World Peace[2] (世界平和記念聖堂) is the name given to a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church,[3] which is located in the city of Hiroshima in the Asian country of Japan.

The temple was designed by Togo Murano,[4] follows the Roman or Latin rite and serves as the principal church of the Diocese of Hiroshima (Dioecesis Hiroshimaensis カトリック広島教区) which was created in 1959 with the bull Qui arcano of Pope John XXIII.

Pope John Paul II visited the temple on his tour of Japan in February 1981. It was built in tribute to the victims of war and the nuclear bomb dropped on the city. Father Enomiya Lassalle, who was exposed to the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, began construction in 1950 and opened in 1954.

See also

view of the surroundings

References

  1. ↑ Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (Noboricho Church)
  2. ↑ Japan. Prentice Hall Travel. 1993-01-01. ISBN 9780671880057.
  3. ↑ "Hiroshima Cultural Encyclopedia - Memorial Cathedral for World Peace -". www.hiroshima-bunka.jp. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  4. ↑ Baek, Jin (2009-06-12). Nothingness: Tadao Ando's Christian Sacred Space. Routledge. ISBN 9781134020621.

Coordinates: 34°23′44″N 132°28′04″E / 34.3956°N 132.4678°E / 34.3956; 132.4678

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