Papeete Cathedral

Papeete Cathedral
Cathédrale de Papeete Notre-Dame de L'Immaculée Conception (in French)
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Papeete
Papeete Cathedral
Papeete Cathedral
Cathédrale de Papeete Notre-Dame de L'Immaculée Conception (in French)
17°32′25″S 149°34′1″W / 17.54028°S 149.56694°W / -17.54028; -149.56694
LocationRue du Général de Gaulle, Papeete
Country French Polynesia France
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
StatusCathedral
Consecrated
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Groundbreaking
Completed1875
Administration
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Papeete
Clergy
ArchbishopVacant

Papeete Cathedral (French: Cathédrale de Papeete Notre-Dame de L'Immaculée Conception) is a late 19th-century church dedicated to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception that serves as the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Papeete. It is located close to the waterfront esplanade of Papeete in Tahiti, the capital of French Polynesia, on the rue du Général de Gaulle.

The construction of the cathedral began in the middle of the 19th century and it opened in 1875. It is the oldest Catholic church in Tahiti and one of Papeete's last remaining examples of early colonial architecture.