Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lodonga
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The Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Basilique Notre-Dame d’Afrique) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica
dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary located in Lodonga, Uganda
. The basilica is under the circumscription of the Diocese of Arua. The basilica was dedicated on May 26, 1961.
Basilica
The Latin word basilica , was originally used to describe a Roman public building, usually located in the forum of a Roman town. Public basilicas began to appear in Hellenistic cities in the 2nd century BC.The term was also applied to buildings used for religious purposes...
dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary located in Lodonga, Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
. The basilica is under the circumscription of the Diocese of Arua. The basilica was dedicated on May 26, 1961.