St. Martin of Tours' Church, Marigot

St. Martin of Tours' Church
Église de Saint Martin de Tours
Location Marigot
Saint Martin
Country  France
Denomination Roman Catholic Church

The St. Martin of Tours' Church[1] (French: Église de Saint Martin de Tours) Is the name given to a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church located on rue du Fort Louis in the city of Marigot[2] the capital of the Collectivity of St. Martin a dependent territory of France consisting of the northern half of the island of Saint Martin in the Lesser Antilles.

The temple built in 1941 on the route to Fort Louis follows the Roman or Latin rite and depends on the Diocese of Basse-Terre (Dioecesis Imae Telluris et Petrirostrensis or Diocèse de Basse-Terre et Pointe-à-Pitre) which was created In 1850 by the Pope Pius IX and has its soothes in the Island of Guadalupe of which until 2007 also depended all the French territory of the Island of Saint Martin. In 1971 a process of expansion of the church began and a chapel was added.[3]

It is under the pastoral responsibility of the priest Père Samson Doriva.[4] As its name suggests it is dedicated to St. Martin of Tours a Catholic bishop of Tours in France elevated to the status of saint by the Holy See.

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References

  1. ↑ Church of St. Martin of Tours in Saint-Martin
  2. ↑ "Eglises en/à/au Sint Maarten/Saint Martin". weekdaymasses.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
  3. ↑ "The Catholic Church in Marigot". www.stmartinisland.org. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
  4. ↑ "Saint-Martin". www.catholique-guadeloupe.info (in French). Retrieved 2017-02-04.

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