The Church San José of Gurabo (

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

: ''Iglesia San José de Gurabo'') is a historic

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located in Gurabo Pueblo (downtown Gurabo) in the municipality of

Gurabo, Puerto Rico Gurabo () is a Gurabo barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in eastern Puerto Rico. It is located in the central eastern region, north of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, San Lorenzo; south of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, T ...

. The parish church is part of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Caguas The Diocese of Caguas () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in southeastern Puerto Rico in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of ...

. The current church structure dates to 1821, and it was erected 6 years after the official founding of the municipality of Gurabo. The church was added to the

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on September 18, 1984, With and to the

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in 2000.

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* Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico Roman Catholic churches completed in 1821 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States Roman Catholic churches in Puerto Rico 1821 establishments in New Spain Gurabo, Puerto Rico 1820s establishments in Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-church-stub

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