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The St. Joseph's Cathedral ( pt, Catedral Metropolitana de São José) also called Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Joseph is a
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church, home of the
Archdiocese of Fortaleza The Archdiocese of Fortaleza ( la, Archidioecesis Fortalexiensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Fortaleza in Brazil. History On June 6, 1854, it was established by Pope Pius IX, as the Diocese of Ceará from the Diocese of Olinda. For ...
, located in
Fortaleza Fortaleza (, locally , Portuguese for ''Fortress'') is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It belongs to the Metropolitan mesoregion of Fortaleza and microregion of Fortaleza. It is Brazil's 5th largest city and the t ...
in
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. The present church was built on the site of the old church. It took forty years to complete the building, beginning in 1938 and being inaugurated in 1978. It can accommodate five thousand people and its towers reach 75 meters high. French architect George Maunier signed the draft
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style with a predominance of neo-Gothic, with references to the
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in Germany and very similar to the Chartres Cathedral in Chartres, France. '' São José'' is the saint linked to the cathedral which is also known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Fortaleza.


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St. Joseph's Cathedral (disambiguation) St. Joseph's Cathedral is the name of numerous cathedral churches that are named for Saint Joseph. Africa Tanzania * Saint Joseph's Cathedral, Dar es Salaam * St. Joseph's Cathedral, Zanzibar Asia Bangladesh * St Joseph's Cathedral, Khu ...


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Joseph Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...
Buildings and structures in Fortaleza Roman Catholic churches completed in 1978 Roman Catholic churches in Ceará 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Brazil