Location Barinas Denomination Roman Catholic Church | Country Venezuela Phone +58 273-5334695 | |
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Address Avenida Briceño Mendez con calle Arzobispo Mendez al frente de la plaza Bolivar, Av Briceño Mendez, Barinas 5201, Barinas, Venezuela | ||
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Pilar) or simply Cathedral of Barinas, is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in Briceño Mendez Avenue in front of the Bolivar Square in the city of Barinas, the capital of Barinas State, in the plains region of the country South American of Venezuela.
The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and serves as the seat of the diocese of Barinas (Dioecesis Barinensis) that was created on July 23, 1965 with the papal bull Apostolicum munus of Pope Paul VI. It is under the pastoral responsibility of the Bishop José Luis Azuaje Ayala. As its name implies was dedicated to the Virgin Mary in her title of Our Lady of Pilar de Zaragoza.
It is a structure dating from the Spanish colonial era being built between 1770 and 1780. It is an important tourist attraction and a religious monument of great historical value.