Lentorama 2012: Know Your Diocese
Day 11: Diocese of Yamoussoukro
Located in the capital of Cote D'Ivoire, this diocese is best known as the home of the "minor" Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, one of the largest churches in the world (possibly the second-largest, depending if you measure by volume or area). Its minor status reflects that it is not the seat of the bishop, who uses the smaller, but quite suitable, Cathedral of St. Augustine.
Based on St. Peter's, its construction was the brain child of former president Félix Houphouët-Boigny, who apparently wanted it to be a memorial to him in his hometown, which he made the nation's capital. in 1983.
03 March 2012
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