Kristo_Rai_Church

Kristo Rai Church

Kristo Rai Church

Church in Northern Mariana Islands, USA

The Kristo Rai Church[1] (or Christ the King Church, from Spanish Iglesia de Cristo Rey) is a Roman Catholic church in the street Kopa Di Oru of the town of Garapan[2] in the Northern Marianas Islands,[3] a dependent territory of the United States in the Pacific Ocean, part of Oceania.

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The parish is under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chalan Kanoa (Dioecesis Vialembensis). It was first built by the Spanish in 1876 but was terminated by the Germans in the twentieth century church.

After World War II much of the city was destroyed and the original church had to be demolished. A new building was built between 1969 and 1970. The church dedicated to Christ the King was completed in 1978.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Church of Kristo Rai, Garapan, Northern Mariana Islands". www.gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  2. [2]
    The Official Catholic Directory for the Year of Our Lord ... P.J. Kenedy. 2003-01-01.
  3. [3]
    Petty, Bruce M. (2009-04-17). Saipan: Oral Histories of the Pacific War. McFarland. ISBN 9781476613710.
  4. [4]
    "Kristo Rai". www.dioceseofchalankanoa.com. Retrieved 2016-06-04.


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