San Juan Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral de San Juan Bautista), dedicated to Saint John the Baptist,[1] is a cathedral and parish of the Roman Catholic Church in San Juan,[2] Argentina.[3] It is the seat of the metropolitan bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo.

San Juan Cathedral
Cathedral of St John the Baptist, San Juan
Catedral de San Juan Bautista
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LocationSan Juan
Country Argentina
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

It is currently one of the most modern cathedrals in the country, consecrated on December 16, 1979.[4] It was designed by architects Daniel Ramos Correas and Carlos Enrique Vallhonrat. The cathedral complex is located on the same footprint as the original cathedral building, built by the Society of Jesus in 1712 and used until damaged in the 1944 earthquake that struck San Juan Province.

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  1. ^ Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, San Juan
  2. ^ "San Juan al Mundo". www.sanjuanalmundo.org. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  3. ^ La nueva Catedral de San Juan: a tres años de su consagración el 16 de diciembre de 1979, conferencia de incorporación a la Academia del Plata pronunciada el 29 de noviembre de 1982 (in Spanish). Academia del Plata. Universidad Católica de Cuyo. 1983-01-01.
  4. ^ Montagna, Sergio. "Iglesia Catedral de San Juan | Travel San Juan". www.travelsanjuan.com.ar. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
 
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