Location Caxias do Sul Denomination Roman Catholic Church | Country Brazil | |
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Similar Igreja de São Pelegrino, Museu Ambiência Casa de, St John the Baptist Cathedral, Monumento Nacional ao Imigra, Metropolitan Cathedral of Our La | ||
The St. Theresa's Cathedral Cathedral (Portuguese: Catedral Santa Teresa) also called Caxias do Sul Cathedral It is a temple of the Catholic Church which is in the Dante Alighieri Square in the center of Caxias do Sul, Brazil. It is the seat of the diocese of Caxias do Sul, and was dedicated to Santa Teresa, in appreciation of Italian immigrants to the Empress Teresa Cristina, wife of Pedro II, emperor of Brazil.
The first stone of the church was laid on 5 December 1895. The work was developed rapidly, with the spontaneous support of the settlers, the temple was already covered in mid-1896, it was solemnly inaugurated on October 14, 1899, and consecrated by the bishop Claudio Ponce de León, on 15 October 1900.
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