St. Bernard Church, Kralendijk
The St. Bernard Church[1] (Papiamento: Parokia San Bernardo)[2] is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the city of Kralendijk,[3] the capital of the Caribbean island of Bonaire,[4] a territory in the Caribbean Netherlands organised as a special municipality of the Netherlands in the Antilles.
The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and depends on the Catholic Diocese of Willemstad on the neighbouring island of Curaçao, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The yellow and white colour scheme and its triangular main part stands out, and is topped by a cross. It is adjacent next to the bell tower. It offers mass in the local language Papiamento.
Two previous churches in honour of St. Bernard were built on this site: one in the eighteenth century and the other in 1829. The current church was built in 1948.
See also
- Roman Catholicism in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Willemstad
References
- ^ Church of San Bernardo, Kralendijk, Bonaire
- ^ Document Bonaire (in Dutch). Leveroij BV. 2009-01-01. ISBN 9789490277017.
- ^ Caribbean Islands Handbook 2000. Footprint Handbooks. 1999-01-01. ISBN 9780844246291.
- ^ Sullivan, Lynne (2007-12-01). Pocket Adventures Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. Hunter Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9781588436474.
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