St. John the Apostle Cathedral, Kasama explained

St. John the Apostle Cathedral
Location:	Kasama
Country:	Zambia
Denomination:	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:	Kasama
Archbishop:	Ignatius Chama

The St. John the Apostle Cathedral^{[1] [2]} or just Kasama Cathedral, is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the town of Kasama, in Northern Province, in the African country of Zambia.^[3]

The church follows the Roman or Latin rite. The church functions as the headquarters of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kasama (Archidioecesis Kasamaënsis), which was created in 1967 by the papal bull Qui altissimi Dei by Pope Paul VI.^[4]

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Zambia
• St. John's Cathedral (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cathedral of St. John the Apostle, Kasama, Northern, Zambia. www.gcatholic.org. 2018-03-16.
2. Web site: Bishop Joseph "Moto-Moto" Dupont The Diocese of Mpika. www.diompika.org. 2016-05-04.
3. Book: Pretoria, Church of the Province of South Africa Diocese of. The Catholic Directory of Southern Africa. Conference. Catholic Church Southern African Catholic Bishops'. 1988-01-01. Salesian Press. en.
4. Web site: Paul VI . Kasamaënsis et aliarum, Constitutio Apostolica, Kasamaënsis dioecesis ad gradum et dignitatem Ecclesiae metropolitanae evehitur, d. 12 m. Iunii a. 1967, Paulus PP. VI Paulus PP. VI (in Latin) . www.vatican.va . Ecclesia Catholica Romana . 28 February 2021.