Building Name: | Nuestra Señora del Líbano |
Location: | Molinos de Raffo 926 Montevideo, |
Religious Affiliation: | Maronite Catholic |
Consecration Year: | 1986 |
Status: | Parish church |
Architect: | Eladio Dieste |
Architecture Type: | Church |
The Church of Our Lady of Lebanon (es|Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Líbano) is a Maronite (Eastern Catholic) parish church in the neighbourhood of Sayago, Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]
Uruguay has a strong presence of Lebanese immigrants and their offspring. In 1888, some of them asked the Roman Catholic bishop Inocencio María Yéregui for permission to have their own sacraments celebrated by a Maronite priest.[2] Since 1924, the Maronite Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary is also in Montevideo. Their own parish was established on 30 November 1941.[1] The present temple was built in 1984–1986, designed by engineer Eladio Dieste;[3] it is dedicated to Our Lady of Lebanon.[4]