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Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Bar

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Immaculate Conception Cathedral
Katedrala Bezgrešnog Začeća
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LocationBar
Country Montenegro
DenominationRoman 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.