St. James the Apostle Cathedral, Santiago de los Caballeros

The St. James the Apostle Cathedral[1] (Spanish: Catedral de Santiago Apóstol) Also Santiago de los Caballeros Cathedral[2] Is the name that receives a Catholic temple that is located in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros the capital of the province of Santiago to the north of the island Hispaniola and the Caribbean country of Dominican Republic.[3] It was baptized thus in honor of St. James the Greater, the disciple of Jesus, the son of Shebedeus and of Salome.

St. James the Apostle Cathedral
Catedral de Santiago Apóstol
LocationSantiago de los Caballeros
Country Dominican Republic
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

It began as a parochial church that was destroyed by an earthquake in 1842. The present structure was built between 1868 and 1894 and consecrated in 1895.[4] It suffered delays in its construction due to lack of funds. It was briefly used as a fortress in the so-called "war of restoration" (Guerra de Restauración).

The eclectic style temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros (Archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi Equitum) which was created as a diocese in 1953 by Pope Pius XII through the bull Si magna et excelsa and Elevated to its current status through the bull "Solicitam sane curam" of 1994 by Pope John Paul II.

It is under the pastoral responsibility of Archbishop Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez.

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References
  1. Cathedral of St. James the Apostle in Santiago de los Caballeros
  2. Jiménez, Nicanor; Estévez, Piero Espinal (2008-01-01). Santiago de los caballeros: apuntes inéditos de Nicanor Jiménez (in Spanish). Editorial Letra Gráfica. ISBN 9789945410365.
  3. Hernández, Edwin Espinal (2005-01-01). Historia social de Santiago de los Caballeros, 1863-1900 (in Spanish). Fundación Manuel de Jesús Tavares Portes. ISBN 9789993423973.
  4. "Catedral Santiago Apóstol | Santiago República Dominicana". www.conectate.com.do (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-01-31.

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