Our Lady of Peace Cathedral, Bukavu

The Our Lady of Peace Cathedral or simply Cathedral of Bukavu, is a religious building of the Catholic Church which is located in the city of Bukavu in the east end of the African country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, specifically in the province of South Kivu.

History

The cathedral was built from 1948 to 1951, and its formal consecration took place on 18 October 1951. It follows the Roman or Latin rite and serves as the headquarters of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bukavu, which was created in 1959 by the bull "Cum parvulum" by Pope [John XXIII]. It is under the pastoral responsibility of Archbishop François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo.