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The Metropolitan Cathedral of Morelia (Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana de Morelia (San Salvador)) is a religious site that is the seat of the Archdiocese of Morelia of the Catholic church in Mexico. It is located as its name itself says in the city of Morelia , capital of the state of Michoacán , Mexico .
The thirty by forty-nine meters rectangular church serves as the seat of the Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana. [1] Christopher Columbus’s remains were kept in the cathedral between 1796 and 1898 before they were taken to Seville Cathedral. [2] It was built between 1748 and 1777 [3] and was consecrated in 1782. [4]
The Plaza de la Catedral and the front of the Cathedral of Havana. Plaza de la Catedral (English: Cathedral Square) is one of the four main squares in Old Havana and the site of the Cathedral of Havana from which it takes its name. [1] Originally a swamp, it was later drained and used as a naval dockyard. Following the construction of the ...
Originally, the Cathedral of Michoacán was in Pátzcuaro in a church that now is the Basilica of Nuestra Señora de la Salud. When cathedral status was moved from there to Valladolid in 1580, the city became the civil, religious, and cultural capital of the territory. [ 18 ]
Benito María de Moxó y Francolí O.S.B. (1803–1805), appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia; José Antonio de la Peña y Navarro (1862–1863), appointed Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán; José Ignacio Árciga Ruiz de Chávez (1866–1868), appointed Archbishop here; Luis María Martínez y Rodríguez (1923–1934), appointed ...
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Its construction began in 1592, and they were finished after 27 years of work. Very close to the Cathedral of Havana is the Callejón del Chorro, whose name comes from its old use. Originally the Cathedral was called Plaza de la Ciénaga, since it was there where the people of Havana came to stock up on water, brought by the Zanja Real.
The Episcopal Church of Cuba traces its origins back to an Anglican presence that began on the island in 1871. As far back as 1875, the Episcopal Church has had a history with the Cuban people, beginning with pastoral care provided to a Cuban exile community in Key West, to missionaries to Cuba in the 1880s, to the opening of three churches and one school in Havana in 1888.