St. Ferdinand the King Cathedral, Resistencia
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| St. Ferdinand the King Cathedral | |
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| Catedral de San Fernando Rey de Resistencia | |
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| 27°27′03″S 58°59′18″W / 27.4509°S 58.9882°W | |
| Location | Resistencia |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
The St. Ferdinand the King Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral de San Fernando Rey de Resistencia), also called Resistencia Cathedral[1] is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Resistencia, Argentina.[2][3] It is the seat of the Archdiocese of Resistencia, and the head of an ecclesiastical province which covers the Argentine provinces of Chaco and Formosa. It was built in the 1930s.
On July 3, 1939, Pope Pius XII divided the diocese of Santa Fe to create the diocese of Resistance, which Pope John Paul II elevated to the rank of archdiocese on April 1, 1984.
On May 5, 1999, the Executive Branch of the province of Chaco declared the cathedral as part of the "cultural heritage of the province".
In late 2008, the cathedral began deep internal and external renovations that had a completion date for Easter Sunday 2009.
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References[edit]
- ^ VIVA Travel Guides Argentina. Viva Publishing Network. ISBN 9781937157043.
- ^ Cathedral of St. Fernando the King Resistencia
- ^ Brughetti, Romualdo (1991-01-01). Nueva historia de la pintura y la escultura en la Argentina: de los orígenes a nuestros días (in Spanish). Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone. ISBN 9789507200076.