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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

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Location	:	Pella, Namakwa District Municipality, South Africa
Coordinate	:	-29.0316370, 19.1539760
Description	:	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception 1 Katedraal Street Pella, Northern Cape, South Africa Phone: (+27) 54 971 0089 The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, located in Pella, in the province of North Cape in South Africa, is the seat of the bishop of the diocese of Keimoes-Upington. Fr JM Simon of the Oblates of St Francis de Sales, volunteered to make a fresh start in Pella arriving in 1882. He made friends with the San who were naturally wary of strangers. After he had struggled alone for two years, other priests joined Fr Simon from France but the heat and the loneliness drove them... Read More	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception 1 Katedraal Street Pella, Northern Cape, South Africa Phone: (+27) 54 971 0089 The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, located in Pella, in the province of North Cape in South Africa, is the seat of the bishop of the diocese of Keimoes-Upington. Fr JM Simon of the Oblates of St Francis de Sales, volunteered to make a fresh start in Pella arriving in 1882. He made friends with the San who were naturally wary of strangers. After he had struggled alone for two years, other priests joined Fr Simon from France but the heat and the loneliness drove them all back to France until the arrival of Br Leo Wolf in 1885. Together with Fr Simon, he was to serve the community of Pella for more than fifty years. Having established gardens and planted crops, they began to build a church. The task took them seven years. Not having any plans, they designed the church from a picture in a book. The building in the picture had flying buttresses, so their church had flying buttresses. Bricks were made 9 kilometres away at the Orange River and limestone was transported by ox wagon from 160 km away and slaked with the water from the oasis. Inexperienced at building, they learnt the trade as they built the church. Only the altar was imported. Even the ironwork for the staircase was forged by these two priests at Pella. The church was consecrated in 1895 by Bishop Rooney of Cape Town. By the end of the century, Fr Simon had been consecrated as a bishop and was appointed the first Vicar Apostolic of the Orange River. Br Wolf was ordained as a priest after many years service. In 1932, Bishop Simon celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his arrival. The celebration was too much for Bishop Simon and he died and was buried in the church that he had built. Fr Wolf died in 1947 at the age of eighty one and was also buried in the church. The permanent community and their established farming of today are primarily attributable to these two men.

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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is located at 1 Katedraal Street Pella, Namakwa District Municipality ,Northern Cape , 8891South Africa.
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Latitude: -29.0316370
Longitude: 19.1539760

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Pella Cemetery
Pella, Namakwa District Municipality, South Africa
Coordinate: -29.0301270, 19.1525558

2. Pofadder West Cemetery
Pofadder, Namakwa District Municipality, South Africa
Coordinate: -29.1232409, 19.3793432

3. Pofadder Catholic Cemetery
Pofadder, Namakwa District Municipality, South Africa
Coordinate: -29.1251007, 19.3863490

4. NG Kerk - Pofadder Kerkhof en Gedenkmuur
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Coordinate: -29.1277170, 19.3948830

5. Pofadder East Cemetery
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Coordinate: -29.1271931, 19.4003043

6. Mission Station Cemetery
Onseepkans, Namakwa District Municipality, South Africa
Coordinate: -28.7758773, 19.2688760

7. Eendorn Namibia Cemetery
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Coordinate: -28.6657166, 18.9149618

8. Kantorragas Farm Cemetery
Bladgrond-Noord, ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, South Africa
Coordinate: -28.7967600, 19.8121300

9. Aluriesfontein German War Cemetery
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Coordinate: -28.5333357, 18.6999896

10. Nousmond Farm Cemetery
Riemvasmaak, ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, South Africa
Coordinate: -28.5669600, 19.6975600

11. Bladgrond Zuid Farm Cemetery
Bladgrond-Noord, ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, South Africa
Coordinate: -28.8778900, 19.9221500

12. Warmbad Historical Cemetery
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Coordinate: -28.4421780, 18.7312750

13. Haklesdoorn German War Cemetery
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Coordinate: -28.8787214, 18.3339237

14. Jerusalem Karas Cemetery
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Coordinate: -28.3912500, 19.6090830

15. Karasburg Cemetery
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Coordinate: -28.0118540, 18.7483860

16. Ariamsvlei Main Cemetery
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Coordinate: -28.1095830, 19.8293830

17. Augrabies Cemetery
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Coordinate: -28.6700000, 20.4242000

18. Marchand Cemetery
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Coordinate: -28.7323184, 20.5055503

19. Wylen Street Cemetery
Alheit, ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, South Africa
Coordinate: -28.7627961, 20.5356167

20. Alheit Cemetery
Alheit, ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, South Africa
Coordinate: -28.7625853, 20.5381877

21. Okiep Cemetery
Okiep, Namakwa District Municipality, South Africa
Coordinate: -29.5891572, 17.8795718

22. Steinkopf East Cemetery
Steinkopf, Namakwa District Municipality, South Africa
Coordinate: -29.2603873, 17.7476363

23. Springbok Historial Cemetery
Springbok, Namakwa District Municipality, South Africa
Coordinate: -29.6328500, 17.8916830

24. Steinkopf Cemetery
Steinkopf, Namakwa District Municipality, South Africa
Coordinate: -29.2627362, 17.7364633

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