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The Cumaná Cathedral () also called Metropolitan Cathedral of Cumaná is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in Rivas street opposite the Plaza Andrés Eloy Blanco, in the city of
Cumaná Cumaná () is the capital city of Venezuela's Sucre State. It is located east of Caracas. Cumaná was one of the first cities founded by Spain in the mainland Americas and is the oldest continuously-inhabited Hispanic-established city in Sout ...
, capital of
Sucre state The Sucre State (, ) is one of the 23 States of Venezuela, states of Venezuela. The state capital is Cumaná city. Sucre State covers a total surface area of and, as of the 2011 census, had a population of 896,921. The most important river in ...
in northeastern of the South American country of
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. The cathedral follows the Roman or Latin rite and is the seat of the Archdiocese of Cumaná (''Archidioecesis cumanensis''). It was raised on May 16, 1992, by bull ''necessitate adducti'' of
Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his you ...
. The origins of this diocese date back to 1519 with the creation of the Diocese of Paria based in this city and Pedro Barbirio as bishop, which was not established until 1922. Cumaná Cathedral began to be built in the eighteenth century with the name of ''Seo Cordis Iesu'' (English: Sacred Heart of Jesus). In 1929, an earthquake partially destroyed the building, but it was restored in 1936. It was designed by Monsignor Breckman, who also brought the woods that form the cathedral from the mountains of Cariaco.


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Caracas Cathedral The Caracas Cathedral or Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Anne is the seat of the Roman Catholic Metropolitan archdiocese of Caracas, located on the Plaza Bolívar in Caracas, Venezuela. Its chapel of the Holy Trinity is the burial site of the ...
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List of cathedrals in Venezuela This is the list of cathedrals in Venezuela. Catholic Cathedrals of the Catholic Church in Venezuela:GCatholic.orgCathedrals in Venezuela/ref> * Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Corteza in Acarigua * Cathedral of St. Christopher in Barcelo ...
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Roman Catholicism in Venezuela Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of Roman civilization *Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...


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