The Ascension Cathedral (; in
Hungarian commonly ''Nagytemplom'', Great Church) is the name given to a religious building belonging to the
Catholic Church
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that serves as the cathedral church of the
diocese of Satu Mare. It is located in the city of
Satu Mare
Satu Mare (; ; ; or ) is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011). It is the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the region of Maramureș, broadly part of Transylvania ...
, in the northern part of
Romania
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.
The Satu Mare cathedral was built between 1830 and 1837 according to plans by
József Hild
József Hild (born Josef Hild, 8 December 1789 – 6 March 1867) was a Hungarian-German architect.[Hild József](_blank) , using parts of the former baroque cathedral (built in 1786). External architectural details are mostly
neoclassical style
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, while inside prevail
Baroque
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features.
See also
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Roman Catholicism in Romania
Romanian Catholics, like Catholics elsewhere, are members of the Catholic Church under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Curia in Rome. The administration for the local Latin Church is centered in Bucharest, and comprises two archdioceses ...
References
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Roman Catholic cathedrals in Romania
Churches in Satu Mare
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1837
Historic monuments in Satu Mare County
19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Romania
1830s establishments in Romania