Affiliation Roman Catholic Year consecrated 1843 | Website Cathedral of Canelones | |
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Location José Enrique Rodó esq. José Batlle y Ordóñez
Canelones, Uruguay District Roman Catholic Diocese of Canelones Similar Cathedral of Melo, San Antonio y Santa Cla, Cathedral of Minas, Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Cathedral of Salto | ||
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe) is the main Roman Catholic church building of Canelones, Uruguay. It is the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Canelones since 1961.
History
The first temple was built in 1775; around the small church, a township evolved. In 1828, the priest Juan Francisco Larrobla blessed here the first Flag of Uruguay.
The current building was completed in 1843, and it was expanded later. Since 1900 it has a mechanical organ. It is dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe, which was also the original denomination of the city, Villa Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe.
In 1945, Cardinal Antonio Barbieri elevated the church to National Sanctuary of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
References
Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Canelones Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA