The Church of Our Lady of Lebanon ( es, Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Líbano) is a

Maronite The Maronites ( ar, الموارنة; syr, ܡܖ̈ܘܢܝܐ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant region of the Middle East, whose members traditionally belong to the Maronite Church, with the larges ...

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parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

in the neighbourhood of

Sayago Sayago is a ''comarca'' (county, but with no administrative role) in the province of Zamora in central Spain. Geography The ''comarca'' is located at the southwest of the Zamora Province. The main geographical characteristic is the isolatio ...

Montevideo, Uruguay Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

. Uruguay has a strong presence of Lebanese immigrants and their offspring. In 1888, some of them asked the Roman Catholic bishop Inocencio María Yéregui for permission to have their own sacraments celebrated by a Maronite priest. Since 1924, the

Maronite Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mariamite Maronite Order (O.M.M.) is a Catholic religious order in the Maronite Church, an Eastern Catholic particular church in Lebanon belonging to the Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is th ...

is also in Montevideo. Their own parish was established on 30 November 1941. The present temple was built in 1984–1986, designed by engineer

Eladio Dieste Eladio Dieste (December 1, 1917 – July 29, 2000) was a Uruguayan engineer who made his reputation by building a range of structures from grain silos, factory sheds, markets and churches, most of them in Uruguay and all of exceptional eleganc ...

; it is dedicated to

Our Lady of Lebanon ar, سيدة لبنان , native_name_lang = , image = Ladylebanon.JPG , image_upright = , alt = , caption = Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon , map_type = , map_s ...

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1941 establishments in Uruguay Roman Catholic churches completed in 1986 Church buildings in Montevideo Maronite church buildings Eastern Catholic church buildings in Uruguay Maronite Church in Uruguay Lebanese immigration to Uruguay Eladio Dieste buildings 20th-century Maronite Church church buildings 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Uruguay {{Maronite-church-stub