St. Joseph's Cathedral, Avarua its present status in 1966 by The bull "Prophetarum voces" of Pope Paul VI. It is under the pastoral responsibility of Bishop Paul Donoghue. Inside, there are stained glass windows depicting scenes and people from the Bible. 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
Rarotonga Walker sighted the island in 1813 on the ship "Endeavour". The first recorded landing by a European was Captain Philip Goodenough with William Wentworth in 1814 on the schooner "Cumberland". On 30 May 1965, five sounding rockets were launched from Rarotonga for studying a solar eclipse. Rarotonga is divided into three main districts or "vaka" (tribes). Te Au O Tonga on the northern side of the island (Avarua is the capital), Takitumu on the eastern and southern side and Puaikura on the western side. On the other hand, the island is also divided into five Land Districts. The Land District