Teone Church

Teone Church
08°31′16″S 179°11′54″E / 8.52111°S 179.19833°E / -8.52111; 179.19833Coordinates: 08°31′16″S 179°11′54″E / 8.52111°S 179.19833°E / -8.52111; 179.19833
Location Vaiaku
Country  Tuvalu
Denomination Roman Catholic Church

The Teone Church[1] also alternatively known as the Catholic Church of Teone,[2] or the Catholic Center of Teone,[3] is the name given to a religious building located in Vaiaku on the south coast of the island of Fongafale, in the atoll of Funafuti, which is the center economic of the small country in Oceania of Tuvalu.

Despite its small size is the main Catholic church of the place. Follow the Roman or Latin rite and depends on the Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti (Missio sui iuris Funafutina), affiliated with the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia (Archidioecesis Samoa-Apiana or Puleaga Fa'aakiepikopo Samoa-Apia).

It is under the pastoral responsibility of Reynaldo B. Getalado who is originally from the Philippines.

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References

  1. ↑ Teone Church in Tuvalu
  2. ↑ "Teone Catholic Church". Mapcarta. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  3. ↑ Cheney, David M. "Funafuti (Mission "Sui Iuris") [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
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