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Cathedral · Guatemala City, Guatemala

Cathedral of Guatemala City

Cathedral of Guatemala City is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, dedicated to St. James the Elder. A cathedral is the church of the bishop, where his chair, the cathedra, stands: the mother church of the diocese, where he ordains priests and blesses the holy oils each Holy Week. It is one of 15 cathedrals in Guatemala on CathoNav.

Where
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Cathedral of
Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala · its bishop today
Dedicated to
St. James the Elder
Founded
1815

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Cathedral of Guatemala City
Photo: Fernando Reyes Palencia from Guatemala, Guatemala · CC BY-SA 2.0

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