Our Lady of Asunción Cathedral
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of the Blessed Assumption is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Paraguay. It was created as the Diocese of Paraguay by Pope Paul III on July 1, 1547, and was elevated to the rank…Photo: Sapfan, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: Catholic archdiocese in Paraguay
- Also known as: “Archdiocese of Asunción”, “Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción”, “Diocese of Asunción”, “Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Asuncion”, and “Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Asunción”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Our Lady of Asunción Cathedral and Cultural Center of the Republic.
Our Lady of Asunción Cathedral
Cathedral
Photo: FF MM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption It is the main Catholic church in Asunción. It is located in the neighborhood La Catedral, in the historic center of the capital of Paraguay.
Cultural Center of the Republic
Museum
Photo: Arthuro SantaCruz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cultural Center of the Republic in Asunción, Paraguay operates in the building of the Town Council, and has as main purpose the strengthening of conscience in all the matters that have to do with national history, and gives the building where it resides the value of a monument. Cultural Center of the Republic is situated 240 metres northwest of Our Lady of Asunción Cathedral.
Municipal Theatre Ignacio A. Pane
Theater building
Photo: Patty P, Public domain.
The Municipal Theatre Ignacio A. Pane is a municipal theatre in Asunción, the capital city of Paraguay. Municipal Theatre Ignacio A. Pane is situated 250 metres west of Our Lady of Asunción Cathedral.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Catedral and San Roque.
Catedral
Neighborhood
Photo: FF MM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
La Catedral is a barrio of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. It has a population of 3,676 people and it is located next to the Paraguay River and other barrios such as La Encarnación, General Díaz, San Roque and Ricardo Brugada.
General Díaz
Neighborhood
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
General Díaz is a neighbourhood of Asunción, Paraguay.
Our Lady of Asunción Cathedral
- Categories: Roman Catholic metropolitan archdiocese, heritage site, cathedral, building, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Asunción, Southern Paraneña, Paraguay, South America
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Latitude
-25.28164° or 25° 16′ 54″ southLongitude
-57.63238° or 57° 37′ 57″ westPopulation
1,930,000Height
5 metres (16 feet)Open location code
5864P999+82OpenStreetMap ID
way 164810076OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=cathedralOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritage_buildingOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q847164
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Spanish—“Our Lady of Asunción Cathedral” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Aartsbisdom Asunción”
- Afrikaans: “Bisdom Asunción”
- Basque: “Asunciongo artxidiozesia”
- Catalan: “arquebisbat d’Asunción”
- Catalan: “Arquebisbat d’Asunción”
- Chinese: “天主教亞松森總教區”
- Czech: “Arcidiecéze Asunción”
- Dutch: “Aartsbisdom Asunción”
- Dutch: “Bisdom Asunción”
- French: “Archidiocèse d’Asuncion”
- French: “archidiocèse d’Asunción”
- French: “diocèse d’Asunción”
- German: “Bistum Asunción”
- German: “Erzbistum Asuncion”
- German: “Erzbistum Asunción”
- Guarani: “Tupãretã Paraguay”
- Hungarian: “Asuncióni főegyházmegye”
- Indonesian: “Keuskupan Agung Asunción”
- Irish: “Ard-Deoise Chaitliceach Asunción”
- Italian: “arcidiocesi di Asunción”
- Italian: “Arcidiocesi di Asunción”
- Japanese: “アスンシオン大司教区”
- Javanese: “Kabiskopan Agung Asunción”
- Latin: “Archidioecesis Sanctissimae Assumptionis”
- Limburgan: “Aartsbisdóm Asunción”
- Limburgan: “Bisdóm Asunción”
- Polish: “Archidiecezja Asunción”
- Portuguese: “Arquidiocese de Assunção”
- Russian: “Архиепархия Асунсьона”
- Spanish: “Archidiócesis de Asunción”
- Spanish: “archidiócesis de la Santísima Asunción”
- Spanish: “Arquidiocesis de Asuncion”
- Spanish: “Arquidiocesis de Asunción”
- Spanish: “Arquidiócesis de Asunción”
- Spanish: “arquidiócesis de la Santísima Asunción”
- Spanish: “Arzobispado de Asuncion”
- Spanish: “Arzobispado de Asunción”
- Spanish: “diócesis de Asunción”
- Spanish: “Obispado de Asuncion”
- Spanish: “Obispado de Asunción”
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