Nuestra Señora de Lourdes y San Vicente Pallotti, Montevideo

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes y San Vicente Pallotti
Basic information
Location Paysandú 763
Montevideo,  Uruguay
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Year consecrated 1890
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Parish church
Architect(s) Ignacio Pedralbes
Architectural type Church
Architectural style Neo-Baroque
Direction of façade South

The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes and Saint Vincent Pallotti (Spanish: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes y San Vicente Pallotti), popularly known as Iglesia de Lourdes, is a Roman Catholic parish church in Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]

Overview

Located on the intersection of the streets Paysandú and Florida, the temple was built between 1885 and 1890 by engineer Ignacio Pedralbes in a Neo-Baroque eclectic style, inspired in the churches of La Sorbonne and Saint Gervais in Paris.[2]

The parish was established on 7 September 1962.[1]

Held by the Pallottines, it is dedicated to their patron saint Vincent Pallotti and Our Lady of Lourdes.[3]

See also

There are other places of worship in Uruguay devoted to the Virgin of Lourdes:

References

  1. 1 2 "Iglesia de Lourdes". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 30 March 2013. (Spanish)
  2. ↑ "Iglesia de Lourdes". Inventario de la Ciudad Vieja. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Institutes of consecrated life in Uruguay". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 30 March 2013. (Spanish)

Coordinates: 34°54′11″S 56°12′2.5″W / 34.90306°S 56.200694°W / -34.90306; -56.200694


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