St. Joseph's Cathedral, Avarua St. Joseph's Cathedral, Avarua The St. Joseph's Cathedral is the name that receives a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church that is located in the city of Avarua to the north of the island of Rarotonga the largest and most populated island of the Cook Islands a dependent territory of New Zealand in the Pacific Ocean. The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and is the mother church of the Catholic Diocese of Rarotonga ("Dioecesis Rarotongana") which has jurisdiction over the Cook Islands and Niue and which was created as an apostolic prefecture in 1922 being elevated to
Picard Island Picard Island Picard Island (also known as West Island) is an island in the Seychelles. It is the third largest island of the Aldabra Atoll in the Aldabra Group of islands, 1150 kilometers southwest of the country's capital, Victoria. The island covers an area of 9.29 km². This island forms the northwestern edge of the Aldabra atoll. It is separated from Grand Terre (South) Island in the south by the Passe Femme channel, which contains several small islands, and from Polymnieli Island in the west by Grand Passe. The atoll's only habitation is a scientific base (La Gigi) on Picard