The Church of
Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus ( es, Iglesia de Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús) is a
Catholic church located in the
Santa Beatriz
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neighbourhood of
Lima District,
Lima,
Peru. It therefore operates under the jurisdiction of the
Archdiocese of Lima
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima ( la, Archidioecesis Limana) is part of the Roman Catholic Church in Peru which enjoys full communion with the Holy See. The Archdiocese was founded as the Diocese of Lima on 14 May 1541. The diocese was r ...
.
History
Due to the disappearance of the church of Guadalupe, in charge of the Congregation of
Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception
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, due to the construction of the
Palace of Justice, it was decided to build a new temple in a nearby place.
[
On December 18, 1927, the first stone was laid for the construction of the parish temple, on the old Santa Beatriz farm. President ]Augusto B. Leguía
Augusto Bernardino Leguía y Salcedo (February 19, 1863 – February 6, 1932) was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru from 1908 to 1912 and from 1919 to 1930, the latter term known as ''El Oncenio de Leguía'' (Leguía's E ...
and Teresa Álvarez-Calderón (widow of Manuel Candamo) were sponsors. Various groups of ladies of the congregation carried out various activities to benefit the construction, which concluded in 1938.
References
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Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús
1938 in Peru