Cathedral Of Our Lady Of Guadalupe, Canelones
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The Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe ( es, Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe) is the main
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of
Canelones, Uruguay Canelones () is the capital of the department of Canelones in Uruguay. Its name is derived from a species of cinnamon, which is called "canelón", growing along the banks of the homonymous river. Since 2010, the city is also the seat of the munici ...
. It is the see of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Canelones The Diocese of Canelones ( la, Dioecesis Canalopolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic church in Uruguay. The diocese was erected in 1961, and is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the met ...
since 1961.


History

The first temple was built in 1775; around the small church, a township evolved. In 1828, the priest
Juan Francisco Larrobla Juan Francisco de Larrobla Pereyra (Montevideo, 9 January 1775 - Canelones, 5 July 1842) was a Uruguayan Roman Catholic cleric, theologian and patriot. Biography Larrobla studied at the Real Colegio de San Carlos in Buenos Aires and afterwards t ...
blessed here the first
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.History of the Cathedral of Canelones
The current building was completed in 1843, and it was expanded later. Since 1900 it has a mechanical organ. It is dedicated to the
Virgin of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe ( es, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe ( es, Virgen de Guadalupe), is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus associated with a series of five Marian apparitions, which are believed t ...
, which was also the original denomination of the city,
Villa Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Canelones () is the capital of the department of Canelones in Uruguay. Its name is derived from a species of cinnamon, which is called "canelón", growing along the banks of the homonymous river. Since 2010, the city is also the seat of the munic ...
.Villa de Guadalupe
In 1945, Cardinal
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elevated the church to National Sanctuary of the Virgin of Guadalupe.


See also

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List of Roman Catholic cathedrals in Uruguay This is the list of cathedrals in Uruguay sorted by denomination. Catholic Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in Uruguay: * Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Canelones * Cathedral Basilica Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Thirty-Three ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Canelones The Diocese of Canelones ( la, Dioecesis Canalopolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic church in Uruguay. The diocese was erected in 1961, and is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the met ...


Bibliography

* Juan José Villegas Mañé. ''Historia de la parroquia Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Canelones, 1775-1977'', en ''La Iglesia en el Uruguay. Estudios históricos'', Cuadernos del ITU, Nº 4, Instituto Teológico del Uruguay, Montevideo, 1978.


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Diocese of Canelones
Canelones, Uruguay Roman Catholic church buildings in Canelones Department Roman Catholic cathedrals in Uruguay Roman Catholic churches completed in 1843 1843 establishments in Uruguay 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Uruguay {{RC-cathedral-stub