Corpus Christi Church, Mexico City Explained

Corpus Christi Church
Country:	Mexico
Denomination:	Catholic

The Corpus Christi Church is a former church on Avenida Juárez in the Historic center of Mexico City. It is the only remaining part of the Convent of Corpus Christi, founded in 1724 for indigenous women^[1] and which was closed as part of the Reform Laws. The architect of the baroque structure was Pedro de Arrieta who also designed the Palace of the Inquisition and the Church of San Felipe Neri "La Profesa".^[2]

The church was damaged during the 1985 earthquake and it was restored.

See also

• List of colonial churches in Mexico City
• Catholic Church in Mexico

Notes and References

1. Book: The Women of Colonial Latin America. registration. 105. 2000. Cambridge University Press. Susan Migden Socolow. 978-0-521-47642-3 .
2. Web site: Ex Iglesia de Corpus Christi. Nueva Guía del Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México. 2014-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222172550/http://www.guiadelcentrohistorico.mx/sitios-de-interes/edificios-hist-ricos-edificios-religiosos/regi-n-2-la-alameda-y-sus-alrededores-1. 2014-02-22. dead.