Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Moundou
The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart is the seat of the Bishop of Moundou, in the south of Chad, and heir to the Catholic mission founded in the city in 1941 by Capuchin P. Arthur Delepine. The Apostolic prefecture of Moundou, erected in 1951, was raised to the diocese by John XXIII on 19 February 1959.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- The seed was a cappuccino mission opened in 1941 by Fr. Arthur Delepine in the south of Chad; of that first evangelization was born the community that is gathered today around the cathedral.
- On February 19, 1959, St. John XXIII raised Moundou to the diocese, and his first bishop, Bishop. Samuel Gaumain, cappuccino, served her until 1974.
- The community has known the test: in 1998 soldiers broke into the cathedral during the Mass and mistreated the priest and the faithful. The Church of Moundou persevered in faith.
- In late 1999, a new cathedral was built in the Dombao district, a sign of a young Church that continues to grow in the heart of Sahelo-Sudanese Africa.
Sacred Heart of Moundou
The Episcopal Headquarters of southern Chad, the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart keeps the memory of the Capuchin mission of 1941 and the life of a diocese erected in 1959. A proven and perseverant Church, who in the Heart of Jesus finds his refuge, next to the Immaculate Heart of his Mother.
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