Cathedral

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Cathedral

 

dedicated to the virgin of the assumption

 

 built over the graves of several clergy, including the revered Bishop Calabanos

 

seat of an archbishop, a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

 

present Cardinal is the seventh Cardinal of this site

 

stated construction in 1561 was finished 30 years later

 

the altar

 

chapel to the Saint of Mexico

 

Saint Nicolas

 

 the glass enclosed bones of a 12 year old girl, who was martyred in the 3rd century,
 known as the Virgin of Innocence

body was recovered from the Vatican catacombs in 1786 and shipped to Guadalajara in 1788

 

this church sent out missionaries across colonial Spanish territories as far as San Francisco

 

periodic resting place for the image of the saint which travels from town to town in procession

for the 240 churches in the area, Saint Zapopan is carried from church to church on an annual basis

 

 

 

pulpit

 

pulpit made of marble from Spain

 

confessional

 

 


First Cathedral

 

Templo de Santa Maria de Gracia (1549)
 first cathedral
(1661 current building)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saint Atenogenes

 

favorite church for weddings

 

but no throwing of rice

 

but can drive away in a wedding Calandrias

 

 


Saint Agustin

 

San Agustin

 

 



Wedding setting, lined with "Alcatraz", calla lilly flowers

 

 



another favorite wedding site


Church next to the School of Young Heroes

 

 

 

the interior


 

 

Presbyterian Church

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