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Carmel Moravian Church sits dramatically atop a hill 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the small market town of Newmarket in Westmoreland, Jamaica. It was founded in 1827 at the behest of a local family of planters who wished to teach Christianity to their slaves.
Churches in Mauritius (2 C, 1 P) H. Hindu temples in Mauritius (2 P) M. Mosques in Mauritius (1 P) This page was last edited on 22 April 2019, at 15:20 (UTC) ...
The work of the Moravian Church in Jamaica started with the arrival on 1754 -12-07 [1] of missionaries Zecharias Caries, Thomas Shallcross and Gotlieb Haberecht [1] from England [2] at the invitation of the Foster and Barham families, owners of several plantations in St Elizabeth. [1]
There is a Roman Catholic church, an Anglican church, and a small mosque. Other landmarks of Port Mathurin include Marie, Queen of Rodrigues, a statue of the Virgin Mary located in Pointe Canon. The two ships of the Mauritius Cargo Handling Corporation, namely MV Mauritius Pride and Mauritius Trochetia, anchor at Port Mathurin five times every ...
The St. Gabriel Cathedral [1] (French: Cathédrale Saint-Gabriel de Rodrigues) is a religious building that serves as a cathedral of the Catholic Church's Apostolic Vicariate of Rodrigues. It is located in the town of St. Gabriel (Saint Gabriel) [ 2 ] on the island of Rodrigues , [ 3 ] the third smallest island in the Mascarene archipelago ...
St. Louis Cathedral [1] (French: Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Port-Louis, Mauritian Creole: Katedral Sin Lwi) [2] is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Port Louis, Mauritius, [3] the seat of the bishop of Port-Louis. [4] Several churches have been built in succession at this location.
Sainte-Croix is a suburb of the capital city, Port Louis, in Mauritius, an independent island in the Indian Ocean. It is most famous for its association with the Roman Catholic beatus Jacques-Désiré Laval , who worked in Sainte-Croix as a missionary from 1841 until his death in 1864.
Location; Country: Mauritius: Metropolitan: Immediately subject to the Holy See: Statistics; Area: 104 km 2 (40 sq mi): Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2014) 40,434 36,752 (90.9%)