Sacred Heart Church, The Bottom

Sacred Heart Church
Heilige Hart Kerk
Location Saba
Country Netherlands
Denomination Roman Catholic Church

The Sacred Heart Church[1][2] (Dutch: Heilige Hart Kerk)[3] is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the town of The Bottom capital of the Caribbean island of Saba[4] a dependent territory that has the status of special municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean sea or sea of the Antilles.

It was founded in 1877 as a community being formally dedicated on 19 March 1935 by the priest Norbertus Groen.[5] Follow the Roman or Latin rite and depends on the Catholic Diocese of Willemstad based on the island of Curacao. This is one of the three Catholic churches located on the island being the other of the "Conversion of St. Paul" in Windward Side and the "Queen of the Holy Rosary" (Heilige Rozenkranskerk) in the village of Hell's Gate.

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References

  1. ↑ Uncommoncaribbean.com
  2. ↑ "Information About Saba.". www.sabatourism.com. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  3. ↑ "Galerie Quintessens Utrecht". www.galeriequintessens.nl. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  4. ↑ "Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, The Bottom, 3, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba". www.gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  5. ↑ "The Church of Rome on Saba". The Saba Islander. Retrieved 2016-04-04.

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