Sacred Heart Cathedral | |
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Catedral do Sagrado Coração de Maliana | |
Location | Maliana |
Country | East Timor |
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Administration | |
Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Maliana |
The Sacred Heart Cathedral (Portuguese: Catedral do Sagrado Coração de Maliana) or simply Cathedral of Maliana and more formally Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is the name given to a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church which is located in the town of Maliana in Bobonaro district, near the border with Indonesia.
The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and serves as the seat of the diocese of Maliana (Dioecesis Malianensis or Diocese de Maliana) which was created in 2010 by bull "Missionalem Ecclesiae" of the Pope Benedict XVI.
It is under the pastoral responsibility of the Bishop Norberto Do Amaral.