St. Peter the Apostle Cathedral, San Pedro Sula

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San Pedro Sula Metropolitan Cathedral
Catedral Metropolitana San Pedro Apóstol (Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle).
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St. Peter the Apostle Cathedral, San Pedro Sula
15°30′19″N88°01′27″W / 15.5053°N 88.0241°W / 15.5053; -88.0241
Location3 Avenida S.O, Barrio El Centro, San Pedro Sula
Country Honduras
Denomination Roman Catholic
Architecture
Architect(s) José Francisco Zalazar
Architectural type Mission Revival Style architecture
Completed1949
Administration
Diocese Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula.
Clergy
Archbishop Michael Lenihan
Rector Fr. Glenis Mejía

The Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle, commonly called the San Pedro Sula Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

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Location

The cathedral is located on a block along 1 Calle in San Pedro Sula, [1] [2] situated between 2 Avenida SO and 3 Avenida SO, with its rear on 2 Calle SO. [2] Next to it is a public park called Parque Central. [1] [3]

History

The cathedral was built in 1949. [3] It was designed in the Mission Revival architectural style by architect José Francisco Zalazar. It is named for Saint Peter. It is one of the main cathedrals in Honduras, where most of the population is Roman Catholic. In 2023 it was elevated to Metropolitan see as Pope Francis created the Ecclesiastical Province of San Pedro Sula, transforming the Diocese into a Metropolitan see of the new Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula [4]

According to Lonely Planet, it features "high, pale-yellow walls and pillars, and an even higher central cupola." [1] It is decorated with hand-carved wooden statues and religious paintings of Saints. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gary Chandler, Liza Prado, Honduras & the Bay Islands, Lonely Planet, 2007, p. 129
  2. 1 2 Google Map
  3. 1 2 Carolyn McCarthy, Greg Benchwick, Joshua Samuel Brown, Alex Egerton, Matthew D Firestone, Kevin Raub, Tom Spurling, Lucas Vidgen, Central America on a shoestring, Lonely Planet, 2010, p. 364
  4. Christine Zuchora-Walske, Honduras in Pictures, Minneapolis, Minnesota: Twenty-First Century Books, 2009, p. 80