Asunción Cathedral

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption[1] (Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción) (also called simply Asunción Cathedral) It is the main Catholic church in Asunción.[2] It is located in the neighborhood La Catedral, in the historic center of the capital of Paraguay.[3][4] It was the first diocese of the Río de la Plata.

Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
LocationAsunción
Country Paraguay
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

The last current model was built during the government of Don Carlos Antonio López and inaugurated in 1845. It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, patroness of the country's capital city. It has a high altar coated in silver.

Asunción's cathedral

It is the seat of the metropolitan archdiocese of Asuncion (Latin: Archidioecesis Sanctissimae Assumptionis)

See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Paraguay

References
  1. Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
  2. "Portal Guarani -Iglesia catedral de Asunción, Paraguay". Portal Guarani (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  3. Mérida, José Luis Mora (1973-01-01). Historia social de Paraguay, 1600-1650 (in Spanish). Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press. ISBN 9788400039080.
  4. Casal, Juan Manuel; Whigham, Thomas L. (2012-06-01). Paraguay en la historia, la literatura y la memoria: Actas de las II Jornadas Internacionales de Historia del Paraguay en la Universidad de Montevideo (in Spanish). Editorial Tiempo de Historia. ISBN 9789996760969.

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