Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, Estelí
| Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral | |
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| Catedral Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario | |
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| Location | Estelí |
| Country |  Nicaragua |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
The Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral [1] (Spanish: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario) also called Estelí Cathedral is a religious building in the Catholic Church that serves as the seat of the Diocese of Estelí and is dedicated to the Marian devotion of Our Lady of the Rosary, patroness of the Diocese. It is located in the city of Estelí,[2] in the Central American country of Nicaragua.[3][4] It has a neoclassic and modern style, it was consecrated as the seat of the diocese on December 17, 1962 by Pope John XXIII.
In 1946, being the temple in its first stage, the old image of "Crucified Lord Detachment" was discovered, because of the remodeling of the temple, Christ was deposited in a wooden urn, abandoned in a tank of the main altar. He was known until the 1990s, as the White Cathedral.
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- ^ Cathedral of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary in Estelí
- ^ Newton, Paula; Hanley, Rachael; Davoust, Andrea (2010-05-16). V!VA Travel Guides Nicaragua. Viva Publishing Network. ISBN 9780979126482.
- ^ Barquero, Jaime Incer; Juárez, Darwin (2001-01-01). Guía Nicaragua fácil 2001: Nicaragua, 10 rutas turísticas (in Spanish). Publicaciones & Servicios Nicaragua Fácil. ISBN 9789992444030.
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