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Founded in 1900, the outpost has gone through many historic and spiritual associations of significance, said Rev. Fr. Micheal-Christian Okonkwo, the priest in charge of the church.
According to the history of the church, the Holy Cross Cathedral had enjoyed a pride of place as the first point of settlement for the Roman Catholic Church, says the News Agency of Nigeria.
It catered for the spiritual needs of returnees from Brazil , other Latino American countries and the Caribbean Island in the mid-19th century.
Initially, the church’s influence was restricted to Lagos Island until the Roman Catholic Missionaries sought to win converts across the Lagos lagoon on the Mainland.