Building Name: | Virgen del Carmen y Santa Teresita (Carmelitas) |
Location: | Irigoitía 1007 Montevideo, |
Religious Affiliation: | Roman Catholic |
Consecration Year: | 1954 |
Status: | Parish church |
Architect: | Guillermo Armas, Albérico Isola |
Architecture Type: | Church |
Architecture Style: | Neo-Gothic |
The Church of the Virgin of Mount Carmel and St. Thérèse of Lisieux (Spanish; Castilian: '''Iglesia de la Virgen del Carmen y Santa Teresita'''), also known as Iglesia de los Carmelitas, is a Roman Catholic parish church in the neighbourhood of Prado, Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]
The church was built in Neo-Gothic style by architects Guillermo Armas and Albérico Isola,[2] between 1929 and 1954.[3] It was held by the Carmelites until 1995, then it was leased to the Archdiocese.[4] The church is dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.[1]
The parish was established on 8 September 1962.[1]