Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Apia
The Immaculate Conception Cathedral (also called Cathedral of Apia or Mulivai Cathedral) is the Catholic cathedral in Apia, the capital of Samoa, a insular country in Oceania. It suffered damage in the earthquake of 2009, and has undergone restoration and extension.
| Immaculate Conception Cathedral | |
|---|---|
The new cathedral in 2016 | |
| Location | Apia |
| Country | Samoa |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Samoa–Apia |
The congregation follows the Roman or Latin rite and is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Samoa–Apia (Latin: Archidioecesis Samoa–Apiana; Samoan: Fa'aAkiepikopo Samoa–Apia), which was created in 1966 by Pope Paul VI through the bull "Prophetarum voes".
After three years of repairs, the new cathedral of Apia was opened to the public on 2 June 2014 in the presence of Archbishop Martin Krebs, the apostolic nuncio in New Zealand. The church was rebuilt on the site of the original cathedral, which dated from 1857.