Cathedral of León, Guanajuato

The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Light [1] (Spanish: Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Luz) also called León Cathedral. It is a church of Catholic worship, located in the historic center of the city of León,[2][3] Mexico.[4] It is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of León. It was consecrated in 1866.

Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Light
Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Luz
21.1242°N 101.6819°W / 21.1242; -101.6819
Location	León, Guanajuato
Country	Mexico
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church

The construction of the Temple of the New Company, future seat of the cathedral began in 1764, the return of the Jesuits to the city, which had left a year earlier because its temple of the Holy School or Companía Vieja, was extremely deteriorated. The new temple would be dedicated to the Virgin of Light, but with the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767 the works were paralyzed.

The Diocese of León was founded on February 21, 1864, immediately after entering on duty their new bishop Monsignor José María de Jesús Diez de Sollano, the completion of this temple, which is popularly known as New Company and was established as set out cathedral. By then they were already concluded the vaults (1833-1837), the first body of the eastern tower (1864) was revamped, the largest bell weighing 4.5 tons was cast in the months of December 1865 and January 1866.

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Mexico

Internal view

References

1. Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Light in León
2. Mena, Rogelio Sánchez (1995-01-01). El arte decó en León, Guanajuato (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. ISBN 9789682952050.
3. La Catedral de Tepic (in Spanish). Obispado de Tepic, México. 1985-01-01.
4. Septién, Carmen Valles (1993-01-01). Catedrales de México (in Spanish). CVS. ISBN 9789709103144.