Holy Family of Nazareth Church, Oulu

Holy Family of Nazareth Church
Catholic Church of Oulu
65°2′41″N 025°27′20″E / 65.04472°N 25.45556°E / 65.04472; 25.45556Coordinates: 65°2′41″N 025°27′20″E / 65.04472°N 25.45556°E / 65.04472; 25.45556
Location Koskela, Oulu
Country Finland
Denomination Roman catholic
Website http://perhe.katolinen.fi/Index.english.html
Architecture
Status Church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Gabriel Geronzi[1]
Completed 1991[1]
Administration
Parish Parish of the Holy Family of Nazareth
Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Helsinki

The Holy Family of Nazareth Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Koskela district in Oulu.

The church building, designed by architect Gabriel Geronzi, was constructed in two phases. Pope John Paul II blessed the cornerstone of the church on his visit to Finland in 1989. The first phase of the church building was completed in 1991. The second phase was completed in 2000.[1]

The parish of the Holy Family of Nazareth was established in 1992. It includes Northern Ostrobothnia and the Finnish Lapland and is the northern most catholic parish of Finland.[2]

Operating in the parish since 1989, as of 2016 there are four neocatechumenal comunities in the parish.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "History and Photography". Parish of the Holy Family of Nazareth. 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  2. "Home". Parish of the Holy Family of Nazareth. 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  3. "Neocatechumenate on our parish". Catholic Parish of Oulu. Retrieved June 10, 2016.

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