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The '''Our Mother of Perpetual Help Cathedral'''<ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/asia/3552.htm Cathedral of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Astana]</ref> ({{lang-ru|Собор Божией Матери Неустанной Помощи}}) is the Catholic Cathedral of [[Astana]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://catholic-kazakhstan.org/Astana/parish/index.htm|title=Catholic Church in Kazakhstan, Astana. Apostolic Administrature|website=catholic-kazakhstan.org|access-date=2016-04-22}}</ref> [[Kazakhstan]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ewtn.com/library/CHISTORY/JP2KZKST.HTM|title=POPE JOHN PAUL II IN KAZAKHSTAN|website=www.ewtn.com|access-date=2016-04-22}}</ref> and the headquarters of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mary Most Holy in Astana|Archdiocese of Mary Most Holy in Astana]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://catholic-kazakhstan.org/Astana/En/index.htm|title=Catholic Church in Kazakhstan - Astana|website=catholic-kazakhstan.org|access-date=2016-04-22}}</ref> (''Archidioecesis Sanctae Mariae in Astana'').

On 8th April, 1958 Hon. Susan Bridges first attempted to provide Catholics in Astana a place of worship. It was purchased as a house of prayer, but her attempt failed after corruption charges related to the purchase arose. 

In the 1960s and 1970s, the Catholic community gathered in secret to escape the oppression of the [[Soviet regime]], but on  September 20, 1979, they became officially registered with the city. Only then was it possible to buy a house for prayer, consecrated on October 14, 1979.

On May 18, 1995, the Apostolic Administrator of Kazakhstan, Bishop Jan Paul Lenga, gave his blessing to the construction of a new church. Construction began on November 2, 1995, and on May 4, 1997, the first stone of the temple was blessed. On June 27, 1999, Cardinal [[Joachim Meisner]], Archbishop of Cologne and envoy of Pope [[John Paul II]], consecrated the church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.

==See also==
*[[Roman Catholicism in Kazakhstan]]
*[[Our Mother of Perpetual Help]]

==References==
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[[Category:Roman Catholic cathedrals in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Astana]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic churches completed in 1999]]