Affiliation Roman Catholic Completed 1927 Phone +598 2710 2640 | Ecclesiastical or organizational status Parish church Opened 1927 Year consecrated 30 October 1919 | |
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Architectural style Romanesque Revival architecture Similar Sagrado Corazón - Montevideo, Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, Santuario de la Medalla, Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo | ||
Bold text The Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Spanish: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Sagrado Corazón), popularly known as Iglesia Punta Carretas (due to its location in the neighbourhood of Punta Carretas) is a Roman Catholic parish church in Montevideo, Uruguay.
The parish was established 30 October 1919. The temple was built between 1917 and 1927 and originally held by the Friars Minor Capuchin. Since 1983 it is run by the secular clergy.
The temple is dedicated to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. A small side chapel for daily masses is devoted to St. Marcellin Champagnat.
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Nuestra Señora del Sagrado Corazón, Montevideo Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA