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'''St. Joseph's Cathedral'''<ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/oceania/2285.htm St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Avarua]</ref> is the cathedral of the Bishop of Rarotonga and is located in [[Place:Avarua|Avarua]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/2016/09/30/catholic-church-cook-islands/|title=The Catholic Church in the Cook Islands|website=www.maristmessenger.co.nz|language=en-NZ|access-date=4 February 2017}}</ref> in the north of the island of Rarotonga the largest and most populated island of the Cook Islands a self-governing [[Earth:Island country|island country]] in the [[Earth:Pacific Ocean|South Pacific Ocean]] in [[Social:Associated state|free association]] with [[Earth:New Zealand|New Zealand]]

The cathedral is the mother church of the Catholic Diocese of Rarotonga (''Dioecesis Rarotongana'') which has jurisdiction over the Cook Islands and Niue and which was created as an [[Religion:Apostolic prefecture|apostolic prefecture]] in 1922 being elevated to its present status in 1966 by The bull "Prophetarum voces" of Pope Paul VI.

It is under the pastoral responsibility of Bishop Paul Donoghue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/draro.html|title=Rarotonga (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]|last=Cheney|first=David M.|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org|access-date=4 February 2017}}</ref> Inside, there are stained glass windows depicting scenes and people from the Bible.

For some years negotiations took place between the Church and the landowners (with the involvement of the government of the Cook Islands government) for the continued occupation of the cathedral site which was subject to a lease. An agreement was finally concluded in 2018 which resulted in the "warranting of the land". The agreement also  benefited nearby Nukutere College.<ref name="Etches">[http://www.cookislandsnews.com/item/72294-nukutere-college-rebuilds-after-the-ashes/72294-nukutere-college-rebuilds-after-the-ashes Malina Etches, "Nukutere college rebuilds after the ashes", ''Cook Island News'', 28 March 28, 2019] (Retrieved 3 May 2020)</ref>

==See also==
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Rarotonga
* Paul Donoghue
* Roman Catholicism in New Zealand
* Nukutere College

==References==
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