Likoma, Malawi
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Likoma is the main town on Likoma Island
Likoma Island
Likoma Island is the larger of two inhabited islands in Lake Malawi , in East Africa, the smaller being the nearby Chizumulu. Likoma and Chizumulu both belong to Malawi, and together they make up the Likoma District...
in Malawi
Malawi
The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...
. It is the administrative capital of Likoma District
Likoma District
Likoma District is an exclave of Malawi situated within Mozambique consisting of two main islands, Likoma and Chizumulu in Lake Malawi . It is a district in the Northern Region of Malawi...
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Perhaps the most famous attraction of Likoma is the Anglican Cathedral
Cathedral
A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...
of Likoma. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Peter
Saint Peter
Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...
, whose statue faces the lake. The foundation stone of the Cathedral was laid by Bishop Gerard Trower
Gerard Trower
Gerard Trower was an Anglican bishop.Trower was born in Hook, Yorkshire and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood and Keble College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1888 and his first position was as a curate in Birmingham. He then emigrated to Australia where he became Rector of Christ...
on 27 January 1903 and was consecrated by Bishop Thomas Cathrew Fisher
Thomas Cathrew Fisher
Thomas Cathrew Fisher was an Anglican bishop.Fisher was born in Kempston and was educated at Uppingham School, Trinity College, Cambridge and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was ordained deacon in 1895 and priest in 1896. His first position was as an assistant curate at St John the Divine's Kennington...
on 14 November 1911. Considered a feat of engineering, materials for its construction were imported from many countries.