The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph ( es, Catedral Basílica de San José) is the main Roman Catholic

church building A church, church building or church house is a building used for Christian worship services and other Christian religious activities. The earliest identified Christian church is a house church founded between 233 and 256. From the 11th thro ...

of San José de Mayo, Uruguay. It is the see of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of San José de Mayo The Roman Catholic Diocese of San José de Mayo ( la, Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi in Uraquaria) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic church in Uruguay. History The diocese was created in 1955, from territory in the Archdiocese of Montev ...

since 1955.Cathedral Basilica
The construction started in 1857, with design of the Catalan master Antonio Fongivell. It was consecrated in 1874, dedicated to

saint Joseph Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers of ...

. In 1957 it was declared

basilica minor In the Catholic Church, a basilica is a designation given by the Pope to a church building. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectural sense (a rectangular b ...

and, that same year, National Sanctuary of Saint Joseph.National Sanctuary of Saint Joseph

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Diocese of San José de Mayo
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