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 Dutch organized as a special municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Antilles.

St. Bernard Church
Parokia San Bernardo
LocationKralendijk
Bonaire
CountryKingdom of the Netherlands
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and depends on the Catholic Diocese of Willemstad on the neighboring island of Curacao. The yellow and white color 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 honor 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

References
  1. Church of San Bernardo, Kralendijk, Bonaire
  2. Document Bonaire (in Dutch). Leveroij BV. 2009-01-01. ISBN 9789490277017.
  3. Caribbean Islands Handbook 2000. Footprint Handbooks. 1999-01-01. ISBN 9780844246291.
  4. Sullivan, Lynne (2007-12-01). Pocket Adventures Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. Hunter Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9781588436474.

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