Huajuapan de León Cathedral

The Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral[1] (also Huajuapan de León Cathedral; Spanish: Catedral de la Virgen de Guadalupe) is a Catholic church that serves as the headquarters of the Diocese of Huajuapan de Leon[2] in Mexico[3] since 1903. The building is located in the center of the city of Huajuapan de Leon, in the state of Oaxaca.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral
Catedral de la Virgen de Guadalupe
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LocationHuajuapan de León
Country Mexico
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

It is dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe. The church was built at the end of the 17th century and various extensions and modifications were made throughout the 19th century. It is decorated almost entirely in Neoclassical style.

The Diocese of Huajuapan de Leon was founded on 25 April 1902 by the papal bull Apostolica Sedes signed by Pope Leo XIII.

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  1. ^ Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
  2. ^ Monografía del distrito de Huajuapan, Oax (in Spanish). Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico y Social, Dirección General de Educ., Cultura y Bienestar Social del Gobierno del Estado de Oaxaca. 1992-01-01.
  3. ^ Smith, Benjamin T. (2012-11-15). The Roots of Conservatism in Mexico: Catholicism, Society, and Politics in the Mixteca Baja, 1750–1962. UNM Press. ISBN 9780826351739.

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