Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Bar

Immaculate Conception Cathedral
Katedrala Bezgrešnog Začeća
Location Bar
Country  Montenegro
Denomination Roman Catholic Church

The Immaculate Conception Cathedral[1] (Serbo-Croatian: Katedrala Bezgrešnog Začeća) is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the town of Bar[2] a coastal city facing the Adriatic Sea belonging to the European country of Montenegro.[3]

The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and functions as the headquarters of the Archdiocese of Bar (Archidioecesis Antibarensis) which was created as a diocese in the tenth century at the time suffragan of the Archdiocese of Split-Makarska and elevated to Archdiocese in 1034.

The current building serves as cathedral since 1828.

Cathedral in Bar, Montenegro

See also

References

  1. Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Bar
  2. "www.ceicem.org". www.ceicem.org. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  3. Murzaku, Ines Angeli (2015-08-27). Monasticism in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Republics. Routledge. ISBN 9781317391043.

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