Jaén Cathedral Jaén Cathedral The Assumption of the Virgin Cathedral is a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic cathedral located in Santa María Square, opposite the Town Hall and the Episcopal Palace, in the center of Jaén, region of Andalusia, Spain. The cathedral stands on a site once occupied by a mosque. Construction began in 1249 atop the ruins of the mosque. The church was damaged and rebuilt on numerous occasions during the following two centuries until the sixteenth century, when several architects, Andrés de Vandelvira being the most important one, built the biggest part of the Cathedral. It was consecrated in 1724. The more
Roman Catholic Diocese of Djibouti 5 parishes and a mission with 4 diocesan priests and 29 lay religious (1 brother, 28 sisters). Roman Catholic Diocese of Djibouti The Roman Catholic Diocese of Djibouti () is the Latin sole diocese in the country of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa. It is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See and its missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. It has its Cathedral episcopal see, the Our Lady of the Good Shepherd Cathedral, Djibouti (French Marian Cathédrale de Notre-Dame du Bon-Pasteur; dedicated to the Our Lady of the Good Sheperd), in the national capital Djibouti