Iglesia de San Carlos Borromeo

San Carlos Borromeo Church
San Carlos Borromeo and Santísima Virgen de la Victoria Parish Church
Iglesia de San Carlos Borromeo
San Carlos Borromeo Church in 2019
Location in Puerto Rico
18°25′47″N67°09′13″W / 18.429683°N 67.153638°W / 18.429683; -67.153638
Location	Aguadilla Pueblo, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Address	José de Diego Street, Town Plaza Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Country	Puerto Rico
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Website	diocesisdemayaguez.org/parroquia-san-carlos-borromeo
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1780
Dedication	Saint Charles Borromeo
Consecrated	March 21, 1780
Architecture
Heritage designation	Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones
Designated	December 21, 2000
Architect(s)	Pedro Cobreros (1887 renovation)
Architectural type	Classical Revival
Years built	1783, 1862, 1874, 1887, 1918
Groundbreaking	1780
Completed	1918
Administration
Diocese	Mayagüez
Church San Carlos Borromeo of Aguadilla
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Built	1783
MPS	Historic Churches of Puerto Rico MPS
NRHP reference No.	84003124
Added to NRHP	September 18, 1984

Iglesia de San Carlos Borromeo (English: Church of Saint Charles Borromeo) is a historic church built in 1783, located on the main plaza of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000. ^[1]

It is one of five churches with architecture designed by State Architect Pedro Cobreros. ^[2]

Description

The parish, founded in March 21, 1780, was dedicated to both Our Lady of Victory and Saint Charles Borromeo to honor the then Spanish monarch Charles III of Spain. ^[3] The original church was built in 1783. An octagonal tower at the north was added in 1862, and another to the south in 1874. The facade was revised in 1887 according to plans designed by Pedro Cobreros. After the 1918 San Fermín earthquake the south tower was rebuilt, lower than before, and the facade was somewhat changed. The church was last remodeled in 1971. ^[4]

The church includes two aisles, and a nave covered with a flat roof. It is reportedly the only church in Puerto Rico with an apse covered by a groin vault rather than a dome or a barrel vault. ^[2]

It is one of 31 Puerto Rican churches reviewed for listing on the National Register in 1984 as part of the Historic Churches of Puerto Rico multiple property submission (MPS). ^[5]

Gallery

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  The church in 2006
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  The church in 2017
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  The Aguadilla town plaza c. 1910, with the church in the rear at right

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in western Puerto Rico

References

1. GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO, JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO (December 7, 2022). "REGISTRO DE PROPIEDADES DESIGNADAS POR LA JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO" (PDF). jp.pr.gov.
2. Marisa Gomez and Ester Cardona (May 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Church San Carlos Borromeo of Aguadilla". National Park Service . Retrieved December 22, 2016. with a c. 1910 photo and five photos from 1984
3. "Parroquia San Carlos Borromeo, Aguadilla". Diócesis de Mayagüez. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
4. Mari Mut, José A. (August 28, 2013). "Los pueblos de Puerto Rico y las iglesias de sus plazas" (in Spanish). Retrieved June 19, 2020– via archive.org.
5. Marisa Gomez and Ester Cardona (July 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Thematic Nomination: Historic Churches of Puerto Rico". National Park Service . Retrieved December 22, 2016.

External links

• San Carlos Borromeo Church on Geocities archive