St._Anthony_Cathedral,_Baucau
St. Anthony Cathedral, Baucau
Church in Baucau, East Timor
The St. Anthony Cathedral[1] (Portuguese: Catedral de Santo Antonio de Baucau), or just Baucau Cathedral,[2] is a religious building that is located in the town of Baucau,[3] in the north part of the Asian country of East Timor.[4] The cathedral is in the Vila Salazar neighbourhood, to the north of Baucau.
The building serves as the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baucau (Dioecesis Baucanus or Diocese de Baucau) which was created in 1996 by bull Quo aptius consuleretur of Pope John Paul II. It is located in the old town, in Suco Buruma. The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and is under the pastoral responsibility of the Bishop Basilio do Nascimento.