Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro y San Eugenio, Montevideo explained

Building Name:Iglesia de Nuestra Señora
del Perpetuo Socorro
y San Oscar Arnulfo Romero
(La Cruz de Carrasco)
Location:Juan Agazzi 2707
Montevideo,
Religious Affiliation:Roman Catholic
Consecration Year:1951
Status:Parish church
Architect:Horacio Terra Arocena
Architecture Type:Church
Architecture Style:Neo-Byzantine

The Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and St. Eugene (Spanish; Castilian: '''Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro y San Eugenio'''), popularly known as Iglesia de la Cruz de Carrasco[1] (due to its location at an important crossing in Las Canteras, north-east of Carrasco) is a Roman Catholic parish church in Montevideo, Uruguay.[2]

There was a small chapel around 1943.[1] The present temple was built in a modern sort of Neo-Byzantine style, roughly resembling Haghia Sophia; designed by the architect Horacio Terra Arocena, it was consecrated in 1951.[1] It is dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help and saint Eugene.

The parish was established on 31 December 1949.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: La Cruz de Carrasco . 8 May 2013 . Intendencia de Montevideo.
  2. Web site: Iglesia de la Cruz de Carrasco . Archdiocese of Montevideo . 26 April 2013 .