St. Dominic Cathedral, Moquegua

The St. Dominic Cathedral[1] (Spanish: Concatedral de Santo Domingo en Moquegua)[2] Also Moquegua Cathedral Is the main Catholic temple in the city of Moquegua in the South American country of Peru.[3] It is a property of the Catholic Church. It is located in the Plaza de armas de Moquegua.

St. Dominic Cathedral
Concatedral de Santo Domingo en Moquegua
LocationMoquegua
Country Peru
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

It is a cathedral that follows the Roman or Latin rite and is one of the 2 cathedrals that owns the diocese of Tacna and Moquegua (Diocese Tacnensis et Moqueguensis) that was created in 1944 by Pope Pius XII through the bull "Nihil potius et Antiquius ".

It is under the pastoral responsibility of Bishop Marco Antonio Cortez Lara.

See also

References
  1. Co-Cathedral of St. Dominic
  2. Almanaque de Moquegua (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, Oficina Departamental de Estadística e Informática-Moquegua. 2001-01-01.
  3. "Catedral de Santo Domingo". www.enperu.org. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
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