The Mary Help of Christians Cathedral ( ) also called Fuerte Olimpo Cathedral is the name given to a temple belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the city of Fuerte Olimpo the capital of the department of Alto Paraguay in northern part of South American country of

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, near the border with

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. The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and functions as the headquarters of the Apostolic Vicariate of Chaco Paraguayo (''Vicariatus Apostolicus Ciachensis in Paraquaria Natione'') which was created in March 1948 with the Bull "Quo in Paraguayana" of

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. The present structure was started in 1920 but was paralyzed by lack of funds, retomandose work in 1949 and be completed in 1965 under the leadership of Bishop Angel Muzzolon who is buried in the church. It is under the pastoral responsibility of the Bishop Gabriel Escobar Narciso Ayala.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mary Help of Christians Cathedral, Church Roman Catholic cathedrals in Paraguay Fuerte Olimpo Roman Catholic churches completed in 1965 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Paraguay

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