Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Apparition | |
Other Name: | Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida |
Location: | Cascavel |
Country: | Brazil |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cascavel |
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Apparition[1] (Portuguese: Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida)[2] Also Cascavel Cathedral[3] Is a Catholic church and home to the Archdiocese of Cascavel, in the state of Paraná in Brazil.[4]
The 10 of June 1952 the Parish of Our Lady of Apparition (Aparecida) was created, that became official patron of the municipality by the Law 201/62.
Its construction, between Brasil Avenue and Rio Grande South Street, began in 1974, after the solemn transport of the sacred image of the ancient cathedral (located to the right of the current Cathedral), with the aim of being the new Church of the municipality.
On May 5, 1978, with the finished work, the Diocese of Cascavel was created, becoming the parish church and then in the cathedral. On October 16, 1979, the diocese was elevated to an Archdiocese, and the church to Metropolitan Cathedral.