Building Name: | Iglesia Apostólica Armenia San Nerses Shnorhali |
Location: | Av. Agraciada Montevideo, |
Geo: | -34.8782°N -56.196°W |
Religious Affiliation: | Armenian Apostolic Church |
Status: | Cathedral |
Architect: | Rafael Israelyan |
Architecture Style: | Armenian |
Surp Nerses Shnorhali Cathedral (Spanish; Castilian: Iglesia Apostólica Armenia San Nerses Shnorhali; Armenian: Սուրբ Ներսէս Շնորհալի եկեղեցի) is an Armenian Apostolic church in the neighbourhood of Bella Vista, Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]
This temple, dedicated to the Catholicos saint Nerses Shnorhali, is the prelacy of the Uruguayan Diocese of the Armenian Holy Apostolic Church. Its current head is Archbishop Hakob Glnjian.[2]
The church is part of a bigger ensemble of buildings that house Armenian-Uruguayan institutions.[1] There is a memorial to the Armenian genocide, with a sculpture by Nerses Ounanian.[3]