Irapuato Cathedral

Our Lady of Solitude Cathedral
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad
Location	Irapuato
Country	Mexico
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church

Our Lady of Solitude Cathedral^[1] (also called Irapuato Cathedral; Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad)^[2] is the main Roman Catholic church in Irapuato, Mexico.^[3] It is located in front of the Plaza Monumental Miguel Hidalgo. It is the mother church of the Diocese of Irapuato, which is the seat of the bishopric.

The date of its construction is unknown, but according to a census carried out by the Bishop of Michoacán, it existed as a parish in 1631. Its cathedral rank was granted in 2004 by Pope John Paul II.

Design

Like most Baroque Catholic churches, it was designed in a Latin cross plan. Its vault consists of a corrugated canon with a polygonal cross-section, and its side arches (formeros) and sub-arches (torales) are also polygonal. Its internal spaciousness stands out for its scale given the modest locality at the time.^{[citation needed]}

See also

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Roman Catholic cathedrals in Mexico

Province of Acapulco

• Acapulco
• Chilapa¹
• Chilpancingo
• Ciudad Altamirano
• Tlapa de Comonfort

Province of Antequera, Oaxaca

• Huautla de Jiménez
• Oaxaca
• Puerto Escondido
• San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec
• San Pedro y San Pablo Ayutla
• Santo Domingo Tehuantepec

Province of Chihuahua

• Chihuahua
• Ciudad Cuauhtémoc
• Ciudad Juárez
• Guachochi
• Hidalgo del Parral
• Madera¹
• Nuevo Casas Grandes
• Sisoguichi

Province of Durango

• Durango
• El Salto
• Gómez Palacio
• Mazatlán
• Torreón

Province of Guadalajara

• Aguascalientes
• Autlán
• Colima
• Ciudad Guzmán
• Guadalajara
• Jesús María
• San Juan de los Lagos
• San Luis Potosí
• Tepic

Province of Hermosillo

• Ciudad Obregón
• Culiacán
• Hermosillo
• Nogales

Province of León

• Celaya
• León
• Irapuato
• Querétaro
• Santiago Apóstol, Querétaro²

Province of Mexico City

• Atlacomulco (Old)¹
• Atlacomulco (New)¹
• Cuautitlán
• Cuernavaca
• Iztapalapa (Mexico City)
• Mexico City Metropolitan
• Tenancingo de Degollado
• Toluca

Province of Monterrey

• Ciudad Victoria
• Linares
• Matamoros
• Monterrey
• Nuevo Laredo
• Piedras Negras
• Saltillo
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Province of Morelia

• Apatzingán
• Lázaro Cárdenas
• Morelia
• Tacámbaro
• Zamora de Hidalgo

Province of Puebla

• Huajuapan de León
• Puebla
• Tehuacán
• Tlaxcala

Province of San Luis Potosí

• Ciudad Valles
• Matehuala
• Zacatecas

Province of Tijuana

• Ensenada
• La Paz
• Mexicali
• Tijuana

Province of Tlalnepantla

• Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias
• Ecatepec de Morelos (Old)¹
• Ecatepec de Morelos (New)¹
• Nezahualcóyotl
• Teotihuacán de Arista
• Texcoco
• Tlalnepantla

Province of Tulancingo

• Huejutla
• Tulancingo
• Tula de Allende

Province of Tuxtla Gutiérrez

• San Cristóbal de las Casas
• Tapachula
• Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Province of Xalapa

• Coatzacoalcos
• Córdoba
• Orizaba
• Papantla de Olarte²
• San Andrés Tuxtla
• Teziutlán
• Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano
• Veracruz
• Xalapa

Non-Latin rite Cathedrals

• Porta Coeli (Melkite Greek Catholic Church)
• San José de Gracia (Anglican Church)
• Valvanera (Maronite Church)

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• ² no longer used as cathedral
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