Primate is a title or rank bestowed on some important archbishops in certain Christian churches. Depending on the particular tradition, it can denote either jurisdictional authority or (usually) ceremonial precedence.
A co-cathedral is a cathedral church which shares the function of being a bishop's seat, or cathedra, with another cathedral, often in another city. Instances of this occurred in England before the Protestant Reformation in the dioceses of 'Bath and Wells', and of 'Coventry and Lichfield'. These two dioceses were each named for both cities that served as bishop's seats.
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agaña is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese. It comprises the United States dependency of Guam. The prelate is an archbishop whose cathedral is the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica.
The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica, also known as Kotta Palli or Kottepalli, is located in Fort Kochi, Kochi. It is one of the thirty-four basilicas in India and one of nine in Kerala. This heritage edifice of Kerala is renowned for its Indo-European and Gothic architectural style. It serves as the cathedral church of the Diocese of Cochin.
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Argentina. It is a metropolitan archdiocese with 13 suffragan sees in the country, including two Eastern Catholic eparchies.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo is a Latin rite metropolitan diocese in Argentina.
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas is an ecclesiastical territory of the Roman Catholic Church in Venezuela. It was founded as the Diocese of Caracas on June 20, 1637, and was later elevated to the rank of a metropolitan see on November 27, 1803.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of the Blessed Assumption is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Paraguay.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago del Estero is a jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Argentina. Formerly a diocese, it is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Tucumán.
The Cathedral Basilica of Florida is the main Roman Catholic church building of Florida, Uruguay. It is the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Florida since 1956.
Peter Baldacchino is a Maltese-born American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Las Cruces since 2019. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Miami.
Churches dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel include the following:
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guasdualito is a young Latin Catholic suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida in Venezuela in southern Venezuela's land-locked Apure State.
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Succour, more commonly known as the Cathedral of Valencia, is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in Valencia, Venezuela. It is situated in the center of the city, opposite the Plaza Bolivar.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel or Cathedral of San Fernando de Apure is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located in the city of San Fernando de Apure, Apure state capital in the plains of South American country of Venezuela.
The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral Also Villavicencio Cathedral Is a cathedral of the Catholic church located in the Colombian city of Villavicencio, capital of the department of Meta. The temple is dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the invocation of the Virgin of Mount Carmel.
Julián de Cortázar y Carrillo was a Spanish-born prelate of the Catholic Church in the part of New Spain that is now Colombia. From 1618 to 1627 he served as Bishop of Córdoba in Argentina, and from 1627 to 1630 as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada in New Spain.
The Votive Temple of Maipú or Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a Catholic church located in the Chilean town of Maipú. The height of this basilica is 300 feet tall. Its construction was ordered by Bernardo O'Higgins in 1818 as an act of thanksgiving to Our Lady of Mount Carmel for the intercession for the victory of the Chilean Army in the Battle of Maipú, where the Independence of Chile was assured. It is called votive because of the vows that O'Higgins made to the Virgin Mary.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Joseph, popularly known as Varapuzha Basilica, is in Varapuzha, a northern suburban town of Kochi City in the Ernakulam district of Kerala state, India. It was built in 1673. The solemnity of the Assumption of Mary is celebrated as an annual sixteen-day confraternity festival, from 31 July to 15 August. The basilica is also a pilgrimage centre in the southern part of India. It serves as the mother church for 14 churches.
