The Our Lady of the Assumption Co-Cathedral ( es, Concatedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción) also called Baracoa Cathedral is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church which is located in the town of
Baracoa on the island and Caribbean nation of
Cuba.
The present church has its origins in the church built in 1807 during the
Spanish colonization of Cuba, was partially damaged in 1833 and was renovated almost entirely in 1886. The
portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...
was completed in 1905. By the early twenty-first century the church had deteriorated considerably but it was renovated and restored again in works that ended in 2012.
Follow the Roman or Latin rite and with the St. Catherine of Ricci Cathedral in
Guantánamo is the main church of the diocese of Guantánamo-Baracoa (''Dioecesis Guantanamensis-Baracoensis'') created by
Pope John Paul II in 1998.
See also
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Roman Catholicism in Cuba
The Catholic Church in Cuba is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Catholics make up approximately half of the population of Cuba.
History
Catholicism has historically been the majority relig ...
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Co-Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Opava
References
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Roman Catholic cathedrals in Cuba
Baracoa
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1807
19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Cuba