Our Lady of the Assumption Co-Cathedral, Baracoa

The Our Lady of the Assumption Co-Cathedral [1] (Spanish: Concatedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción) also called Baracoa Cathedral is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church which is located in the town of Baracoa[2] on the island and Caribbean nation of Cuba.[3]

Our Lady of the Assumption Co-Cathedral
Concatedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
LocationBaracoa
Country Cuba
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

The present church has its origins in the church built in 1807 during the Spanish colonization of Cuba, was partially damaged in 1833 and was renovated almost entirely in 1886. The portico was completed in 1905. By the early twenty-first century the church had deteriorated considerably but it was renovated and restored again in works that ended in 2012.

Follow the Roman or Latin rite and with the St. Catherine of Ricci Cathedral in Guantánamo is the main church of the diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa (Dioecesis Guantanamensis-Baracoensis) created by Pope John Paul II in 1998.

See also
the old cathedral in 1911

References
  1. Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Baracoa
  2. "Baracoa, la ciudad donde "comienza" Cuba, busca turistas – LaPatilla.com". www.lapatilla.com. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  3. Gonzalez, Victor Manuel Jimenez (2015-01-07). Cuba - Guia de Viajes - Politours: Guía de viajes de Cuba. Todo lo que necesitas saber en tu viaje con Politours (in Spanish). Solaris Comunicación.

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