Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes





The Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción is dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption. It is the main Catholic building in the city of Aguascalientes in Mexico, and one of the landmarks of the city. It is situated right across from the Plaza de la Patria.

By the year 1575, the parish of the Assumption of Aguascalientes, small in size had been built. The building we know today was built in several stages in its origin and had not been intended to be a cathedral for the diocese. The village had established itself as a large population when the building was begun in the XVIII century. The work was started by Father Antonio Flores Acevedo, and was completed under the direction of the priest Manuel Colon Larreátegui in 1738. The Diocese of Aguascalientes was erected by papal decree issued by Pope Leo XIII, on August 27, 1899.