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Our Lady of Candelaria Cathedral, Valle de la Pascua

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Location
  
Valle de la Pascua

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic Church

Country
  
Venezuela

Architectural style
  
Baroque architecture

Our Lady of Candelaria Cathedral, Valle de la Pascua

The Our Lady of Candelaria Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Valle de la Pascua) or simply Cathedral of Valle de la Pascua, is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the central and historic center between Atarraya and Guasco streets in front of the Bolívar Square of the city of Valle de la Pascua, in the Leonardo Infante municipality in the state of Guárico in the central plains of the South American country of Venezuela.

It is a temple that follows the Roman or Latin rite and functions as the headquarters of the Diocese of Valle de la Pascua (Dioecesis Vallispaschalensis) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Calabozo (Archidioecesis Calabocensis). It is under the pastoral responsibility of the Bishop Ramón José Aponte Fernández.

The current baroque building dates from 1955 and replaced a building with previous French influence.

References

Our Lady of Candelaria Cathedral, Valle de la Pascua Wikipedia