Asunción Cathedral
Church in Asunción, Paraguay
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The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption[1] (Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción) (also called simply Asunción Cathedral) It is the main Catholic church in Asunción.[2] It is located in the neighborhood La Catedral, in the historic center of the capital of Paraguay.[3][4] It was the first diocese of the Río de la Plata.
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| Asunción Cathedral | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption | |
Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción | |
 View of the cathedral facade | |
 Asunción Cathedral | |
| 25.2816°S 57.6324°W | |
| Location | Asunción |
| Country |  Paraguay |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| History | |
| Status | Cathedral |
| Dedication | Assumption of Mary |
| Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
| Style | Neoclassical |
Years built | 1842-1845 |
| Groundbreaking | 1842 |
| Completed | 1845 |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Asunción |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | Adalberto Martínez Flores |
The latest version of the cathedral was built during the government of Don Carlos Antonio López and inaugurated in 1845.[citation needed] It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, the patroness of the country's capital city. It has a high altar coated in silver. The cathedral is the seat of the metropolitan archdiocese of Asunción (in Latin: Archidioecesis Sanctissimae Assumptionis).[citation needed]
