Our Lady of Chiquinquirá Cathedral () is a
Roman Catholic
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cathedral
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situated in the city of
Sonsón, Colombia. The present cathedral was built to replace the original destroyed by an earthquake in 1962.
History
The Our Lady of Chiquinquirá Cathedral, also called Sonsón Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral under the patronage of the
Virgin of Chiquinquirá. The church is situated on the side of the main square (
Ruiz Zapata) of the municipality and city of Sonsón, Antioquia, Colombia. It is one of the bishoprics of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro () is a diocese located in the cities of Sonsón and Rionegro in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medellín, Medellín in Colombia.
History
* 18 March 1957: Established ...
, together with the co-Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Great, and the Marian shrine in
Rionegro
Rionegro () is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia, located in the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. The official name of the city is Ciudad Santiago de Arma de Rionegro. Rio Negro means "Black River" in Spanish, as the cit ...
.
The current building is contemporary in design and replaced the previous Romanesque-Gothic style granite building, which was demolished after a strong earthquake on July 30, 1962, caused it serious damage.
To carry out the reconstruction of the new temple, the
Pro-Cathedral Board was formed to manage the project, taking into account that the selected design was highly avant-garde and dissonant with the traditional environment of the town. One of the promoters of the board for the reconstruction of the temple was the journalist, writer, and merchant
Néstor Botero Goldsworthy.
See also
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Roman Catholicism in Colombia
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Organization
It is organized into 13 ecclesiastical provinces, subdivided into 13 archdioceses and 5 ...
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Our Lady of Chiquinquirá
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References
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Roman Catholic cathedrals in Colombia
Sonsón
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Colombia