1954 – Cathedral of Maria Assumpta, Owerri, Nigeria
Architect: Hooper Mayne
The plan to build a modern cathedral in Owerri was led by the diocese and its Irish Bishop, Joseph Brendan Whelan, who brough in Irish architects Hooper & Mayne. Another Irish priest, Rev. Christopher King, who had architectural training, supervised the construction of the structure unti
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