The Immaculate Conception Cathedral ( es, Catedral de la Purísima Concepción), also known as Tepic Cathedral, is the cathedral of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Tepic The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tepic ( la, Dioecesis Tepicensis)) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara in western Mexico. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral de la Pur ...

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. It is located on the main square, in the center of the city. It is famous for its Neo-Gothic style architecture. The first building, smaller in size than the current structure, was built around 1750. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, it was decided to construct a larger cathedral. Construction was completed in the year 1885. The church was designated as a cathedral by

Pope Leo XIII Pope Leo XIII ( it, Leone XIII; born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was the head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 to his death in July 1903. Living until the age of 93, he was the second-old ...

, on June 23, 1891, with its first bishop Ignacio Díaz y Macedo. The current facade was designed by Gabriel Luna y Rodriguez, who continued the previous facade work in a Neo-Gothic style, different from the neoclassical taste that prevailed at the time. The last tower was completed in 1896. The interior was modified in the 19th century, replacing the main altar with a large cross.

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