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Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral
Kathedrale Reina di Santisimo Rosario Heilige Rozenkrans kathedraal
12°06′11″N 68°55′29″W / 12.1031°N 68.9247°W / 12.1031; -68.9247
Location	Willemstad, Curaçao
Country	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church

The Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral also known as Pietermaai Cathedral or the Cathedral of the Holy Rosary (Papiamento: Kathedrale Reina di Santisimo Rosario; Dutch: Heilige Rozenkrans kathedraal) is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church, which serves as the cathedral of the Diocese of Willemstad (Latin: Dioecesis Gulielmopolitana) in Juliana Plein 5, Pietermaai, Willemstad a city on the island of Curacao and has under its jurisdiction all dependent islands of the Netherlands in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela.

It was built in 1870, the exterior has a golden ocher and white parts. The interior is nicely designed and painted a bright white. The cathedral is also adorned with many statues as those dedicated to the venerable Dr. José Gregorio Hernández (whom some faithful attribute miracles in Venezuela and Curacao) and dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the Pieta similar to that in Italy.

The cathedral follows the Roman or Latin rite and since 1997 is World Heritage of Unesco as part of the Historic Area of the city and port of Willemstad.

See also

• Roman Catholicism in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

References

1. Cathedral of Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Willemstad
2. Golden, Fran Wenograd; Brown, Jerry (2004-12-03). Cruise Vacations For Dummies 2005. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780764569418.
3. The Knickerbocker: The Magazine of the Low Countries. Atlantic observer. 1944-01-01.
4. "Pietermaai Cathedral, Curaçao". VirtualTourist.com. Retrieved 2016-03-30.

v t e Catholic Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Bishops' Conference of the Netherlands
Dioceses	Archdiocese of Utrecht Diocese of Breda Diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam Diocese of 's-Hertogenbosch Diocese of Roermond Diocese of Rotterdam Caribbean: Diocese of Willemstad
Others	Military Ordinariate of the Netherlands Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris
Former dioceses	Diocese of Deventer Diocese of Leeuwarden Diocese of Maastricht Diocese of Middelburg Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia Apostolic Vicariate of Grave-Nijmegen Apostolic Vicariate of Limburg Apostolic Vicariate of Ravenstein-Megen
Churches	St Catherine's Cathedral, Utrecht St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral, Breda St. Joseph Cathedral, Groningen Cathedral of St Bavo, Haarlem St. John's Cathedral ('s-Hertogenbosch) St. Christopher's Cathedral, Roermond List of Catholic churches in the Netherlands Caribbean: Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, Willemstad Basilica of St. Anne, Willemstad Pro-Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, Oranjestad List of Catholic churches in the Dutch Caribbean
Monasteries	Egmond Abbey St. Benedictusberg Abbey St. Willibrord's Abbey Carmelite Monastery, Echt Berne Abbey Achel Abbey Koningshoeven Abbey Lilbosch Abbey
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