Mata Utu Cathedral, Roman Catholic cathedral in Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna, France.

Mata Utu Cathedral is a stone building measuring 60 metres long and 20 metres wide, with a 20-metre spire. Its two rectangular towers carry a blue Maltese cross, the royal insignia of Wallis, between them. The blue volcanic stones were chiselled and trimmed by hand, some quarried from the cliffs around Lake Lalolalo. The photograph shows a pale gabled nave with tall arched windows, a domed tower and a wooden fence at its base.

A first stone church was built in 1857–58 under Queen Amelia Tokagahahau Aliki, and a larger church followed from 1859 to 1869, built with foreign masons. It became a cathedral in 1935 when Wallis and Futuna was made an apostolic vicariate. Rebuilt from 28 January 1952 under Father Petelo Hamale, who added two side aisles, it was blessed on 13 August 1959 and consecrated on 12 August 1962.

The cathedral holds the tombs of the Lavelua, the customary kings of Uvea; Soane Patita Vaimu'a was buried here in 1858, and several successors followed, replacing the traditional burial site at Niuvalu. The blue Maltese cross between the towers is the royal insignia of Wallis and also appears on the island's flag.

The cathedral stands in downtown Mata-Utu near the wharf, next to the Palace of the King of Uvea, with the Fale Fono platform across the wharf and markets, restaurants, hotels and the post office close by. The building is 60 metres long and 20 metres wide, with a 20-metre spire. Look for the blue Maltese cross set between the two rectangular towers.

The cathedral holds the tombs of the Lavelua, the customary kings of Wallis, starting with Soane Patita Vaimu'a, buried there in 1858. It thus replaced Niuvalu as the royal burial site, though Niuvalu kept its symbolic importance. The building also houses the grave of Alexandre Poncet, apostolic vicar, who died in 1973.