Holy Cross Cathedral, Lagos

Holy Cross Cathedral bụ ụka etiti akpọrọ Cathedral nke ndị Roman Katọlik dị na Lagos, Naịjirịa, ọ bụkwa oche nke Archdiocese nke Lagos. E wuru ụlọ Gothic style na 1939, mgbe a ka na-achịkwa mpaghara ahụ dị ka onye nnọchi anya ndịozi, ya mere e buliri ya ka ọ bụrụ katidral na 1950.

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Holy Cross Cathedral, Lagos

E meghere ụlọ katidral mbụ (nke a na-ewere dị ka ụlọ katidalọ) na 1881 ma ndị na-eji nkume na ndị na-ese ụkpụrụ ụlọ Lazarus Borges da Silva na Francisco Nobre wuru ya. Mgbe ọnwụ nke Bishọp Ferdinand Terrien na 1929, katidral mbụ a hụrụ nhọpụta nke ndị ụkọchukwu Yoruba atọ mbụ, ndị ụkọcha nwụrụ anwụ Lawrence Layode, Julius Onih, na Stephen Adewuyi, site n'aka Bishọm Thomas Brodericks, onye nnọchi anya ndịozi nke Western Nigeria.^[1] Ka ọ na-erule afọ 1930, a chọrọ katidral buru ibu, a kwatuchara nke okenye. Ihe owuwu ụlọ ụka dị ugbu a, nke ọdịdị Gothic nke France, nwere ntọala ya na 6 Ọgọst 1934 site n'aka Bishọp Francis O'Rourke ma wuchaa ya na 1939.^[2][3][4]

Ndị a ma ama n'akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ụka gụnyere: 1. S. J. Sawyerr 2. Lourenzo Antonio Cardoso 3. Lazaro Borges da Silva 4. Francisco Nobre 5. J. F. D. Branco 6. Walter P. Ọrịa 7. Albert Carrena 8. David Evaristo Akerele 9. J. T. Munis 10. P. F. Gomes

N'abalị iri na asatọ n'ọnwa Eprel n'afọ 1950, e buliri onye nnọchi anya ndịozi nke Lagos ka ọ bụrụ onye isi ụka dị n'obodo ukwu dịka akwụkwọ ozi popu akpọrọ Laeto accepimus, nke Popu Pius XII nyere.u

Achịbishọp kachasị ọhụrụ a ga-etinye na katidral ahụ bụ Alfred Adewale Martins, onye nọ n'ọkwa kemgbe afọ 2012.^[5]

Ka ọ na-erule ngwụcha afọ 2016, achịbishọp ahụ gụrụ 3,274,000 ndị e mere baptizim n'ime ọnụ ọgụgụ mmadụ 12,276,000 nke kwekọrọ na 26.7% nke ngụkọta.

Ndị ụkọchukwu nọchiri ibe ha

• Francesco Borghero (1861)
• Pierre Bouche (1867 1871)
• Jean-Baptiste Chausse, SMA (12 Mee 1891 30 Jenụwarị 1894, nwụrụ)
• Paul Pellet, SMA (15 Jenụwarị 1895 , 1902, gbara arụkwaghịm)
• Joseph-Antoine Lang, SMA (19 Julaị 1902 2 Jenụwarị 1912, nwụrụ)
• Ferdinand Terrien, SMA (1 Machị 1912 3 Ọgọst 1929, nwụrụ)
• Francis O'Rourke, SMA (31 Machị 1930 28 Ọktoba 1938, nwụrụ)
• Leo Hale Taylor, SMA (13 June 1939 27 October 1965, nwụrụ)
• John Kwao Amuzu Aggey (6 Julaị 1965 13 Machị 1972, nwụrụ)
• Anthony Olubunmi Okogie (13 Eprel 1973 25 Mee 2012, lara ezumike nká)
• Alfred Adewale Martins, (25 Mee 2012 ugbu a)

Ihe eserese foto

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  Nlegharị anya n'uko ụlọ ụka
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  Ihu nke Holy Cross na-egosi ụzọ mbata atọ
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  Nlegharị anya n'èzí katidral

Edensibia

1. Akinjide Osuntokun (1987). History of the Peoples of Lagos State. Lantern Books, (the University of Virginia). ISBN 9789782281487.
2. Lizzie Williams (2012). Bradt Travel Guide Nigeria. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 9781841623979.
3. Phaf (2008). Hoy Cross Roman Catholic Cathedral. ISBN 9788484893806.
4. Ineke Phaf (2008). AfricAmericas, Itineraries, Dialogues and Sounds of Bibliotheca Ibero-Americana, Berlin. Iberoamericana Editorial. ISBN 978-8-484-8-93806.
5. "Most Rev. Martins installed as Archbishop of Lagos", Channels Television, 4 August 2012. Retrieved on 23 October 2015.