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.

View of the cathedral at night

Asunción Cathedral
Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
View of the cathedral facade
25.2816°S 57.6324°W / -25.2816; -57.6324
Location	Asunción
Country	Paraguay
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church

The latest version of the cathedral was built during the government of Don Carlos Antonio López and inaugurated in 1845.^{[citation needed]} It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, the patroness of the country's capital city. It has a high altar coated in silver. The cathedral is the seat of the metropolitan archdiocese of Asunción (in Latin: Archidioecesis Sanctissimae Assumptionis).^{[citation needed]}

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 European 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 978-8400039080.
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 978-9996760969.

External links

• Media related to Cathedral of Asunción at Wikimedia Commons