St. Josephs Cathedral

The St. Joseph's Cathedral also Macapa Cathedral is the call given to a religious constructing belonging to the Catholic Church and serves because the cathedral of Macapa City north of the South American country of Brazil. It is the mother church of the diocese of Macapa Dioecesis Macapensis that turned into created as a territorial prelature in 1949 via the bull "Unius Apostolicae of Pope Pius XII and increased to its modern popularity in 1980 within the pontificate of John Paul II. Pope John Paul II became head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005.

He was elected pope by means of the second one Papal conclave of 1978, which was called after Pope John Paul I, who were elected in August to succeed Pope Paul VI, died after 33 days. The present shape become inaugurated the nineteen of March of 2006, within the birthday celebration of Sao Jose, customer of the town of Macapa, State of Amapa. The works commenced in 1996 via the economic help of the administrations, the state organizations and the donations of the Catholic trustworthy.