0
  • DE
  • EN
  • FR
  • International Database and Gallery of Structures

Advertisement

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Good Shepherd

General Information

Completion: 12 January 1964
Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Cathedral
Material: Concrete structure
Architectural style: Modern

Location

Location: ,
Coordinates: 11° 36' 0.52" N    43° 9' 4.48" E
Show coordinates on a map

Technical Information

There currently is no technical data available.

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Our Lady of the Good Shepherd Cathedral (French:Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Bon-Pasteur de Djibouti) or simply Cathedral of Djibouti, is a church built in the second half of the twentieth century. It is the main Catholic church in the Diocese of Djibouti in the African country of Djibouti.

History

The cathedral was built in 1964 under the auspices of Henri Hoffmann, Bishop of Djibouti, on the site where the old church, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, was demolished because of its narrowness, along the Boulevard of the Republic. It's a very small church but still the main church of the city of djibouti.

It was dedicated on January 12, 1964 by Cardinal Eugène Tisserant, dean of the college of cardinals.

It is under the patronage of Our Lady of Good Shepherd and therein lies the Bishop of Djibouti.

The monolithic architecture of the cathedral belongs to the modern movement. It was designed by Joseph Müller, architect of Colmar (France), and an embodiment of Mr. Calcagnile Bad Gastein (Austria).

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Our Lady of the Good Shepherd Cathedral, Djibouti" and modified on 10 February 2021 according to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

Participants

Architecture

Relevant Web Sites

  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20020986
  • Published on:
    27/04/2006
  • Last updated on:
    13/04/2021
Structurae cooperates with
International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)
e-mosty Magazine
e-BrIM Magazine