St. Maron's Cathedral, Buenos Aires

The St. Maron's Cathedral [1] (Spanish: Catedral de San Marón ) also called Maronite Catholic Cathedral of Buenos Aires Is a religious building of the Catholic Church (Maronite) located at 834 Paraguay Street, in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2] It should not be confused with the metropolitan cathedral of Latin rite of the Holy Trinity, the cathedral of the military bishopric also of Latin rite Or the Armenian Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Narek, all in the city of Buenos Aires.

St. Maron's Cathedral
Catedral de San Marón
LocationBuenos Aires
Country Argentina
DenominationCatholic church (Maronite rite)

In its beginnings, in 1905, the temple was a chapel next to a school. Its current building was inaugurated in 2001. The congregation follows the Maronite rite or Antiochian liturgical tradition and is the seat of the Maronite Eparchy of San Charbel in Buenos Aires,[3] (Eparchia Sancti Sarbelii Bonaërensis Maronitarum) that was established by Pope John Paul II on October 1990.

At the moment it is seat vacant because it does not have responsible bishop. His apostolic administrator is the priest Habib Chamieh.[4]

See also

References
  1. Cathedral of St. Maron in Buenos Aires
  2. "La catedral de San Marón cumple 10 años". www.aicaold.com.ar. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  3. Sotelo, Alejo. "Eparquía Maronita - Eparquía de San Charbel de Buenos Aires de los Maronitas". CEA (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  4. Cheney, David M. "San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Eparchy) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2017-01-25.

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