The Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral ( es, Catedral del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús), also Ecatepec Cathedral, is the main Catholic church and seat of the Diocese of Ecatepec in

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. It is dedicated to the

Sacred Heart of Jesus The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus ( la, Cor Jesu Sacratissimum) is one of the most widely practised and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus is viewed as a symbol of "God's boundless and passionate love for mankind". This dev ...

. It is located in the municipality of Ecatepec, in the

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. It was inaugurated in March 1999 in the neighborhood of San Cristóbal. Its construction, begun on January 6, 1998, is modernist, similar to that of the Basilica of Guadalupe, simulating a tent for pilgrims. More than 70 churches are dependent on this diocese. On Sundays, as in all Catholic churches, Masses are celebrated, accompanied by musical groups such as students, musicians and vocalists such as the music ministry ''Sabath'' and even

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, which incidentally gives a folk form to this religious act.

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