San Luis Potosí Cathedral

St. Louis the King Cathedral
Catedral Metropolitana de San Luis Rey
Location	San Luis Potosí
Country	Mexico
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church

The St. Louis the King Cathedral^[1] (Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana de San Luis Rey) Also San Luis Potosí Cathedral^[2] Is a Catholic cathedral that functions as the seat of the archdiocese of San Luis Potosí in Mexico.^[3] It is located in the historic center of the state capital, on the eastern side of the main square. The building we currently know was built in 1670 and was completed in 1730. It is a cathedral from 1854. It is dedicated to St. Louis King of France.

It has a Baroque façade designed as a screen, similar to the one of the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, has three bodies.

The main altar is composed of a large cypress made of masonry, of two bodies. In the first one is St. Louis King of France, the second shelters the image of Our Lady of the Expectation.

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Mexico
• St. Louis the King

References

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Roman Catholic cathedrals in Mexico

Province of Acapulco

• Acapulco
• Chilapa¹
• Chilpancingo
• Ciudad Altamirano
• Tlapa de Comonfort

Province of Antequera, Oaxaca

• Huautla de Jiménez
• Oaxaca
• Puerto Escondido
• San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec
• San Pedro y San Pablo Ayutla
• Santo Domingo Tehuantepec

Province of Chihuahua

• Chihuahua
• Ciudad Cuauhtémoc
• Ciudad Juárez
• Guachochi
• Hidalgo del Parral
• Madera¹
• Nuevo Casas Grandes
• Sisoguichi

Province of Durango

• Durango
• El Salto
• Gómez Palacio
• Mazatlán
• Torreón

Province of Guadalajara

• Aguascalientes
• Autlán
• Colima
• Ciudad Guzmán
• Guadalajara
• Jesús María
• San Juan de los Lagos
• San Luis Potosí
• Tepic

Province of Hermosillo

• Ciudad Obregón
• Culiacán
• Hermosillo
• Nogales

Province of León

• Celaya
• León
• Irapuato
• Querétaro
• Santiago Apóstol, Querétaro²

Province of Mexico City

• Atlacomulco (Old)¹
• Atlacomulco (New)¹
• Cuautitlán
• Cuernavaca
• Iztapalapa (Mexico City)
• Mexico City Metropolitan
• Tenancingo de Degollado
• Toluca

Province of Monterrey

• Ciudad Victoria
• Linares
• Matamoros
• Monterrey
• Nuevo Laredo
• Piedras Negras
• Saltillo
• Tampico

Province of Morelia

• Apatzingán
• Lázaro Cárdenas
• Morelia
• Tacámbaro
• Zamora de Hidalgo

Province of Puebla

• Huajuapan de León
• Puebla
• Tehuacán
• Tlaxcala

Province of San Luis Potosí

• Ciudad Valles
• Matehuala
• Zacatecas

Province of Tijuana

• Ensenada
• La Paz
• Mexicali
• Tijuana

Province of Tlalnepantla

• Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias
• Ecatepec de Morelos (Old)¹
• Ecatepec de Morelos (New)¹
• Nezahualcóyotl
• Teotihuacán de Arista
• Texcoco
• Tlalnepantla

Province of Tulancingo

• Huejutla
• Tulancingo
• Tula de Allende

Province of Tuxtla Gutiérrez

• San Cristóbal de las Casas
• Tapachula
• Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Province of Xalapa

• Coatzacoalcos
• Córdoba
• Orizaba
• Papantla de Olarte²
• San Andrés Tuxtla
• Teziutlán
• Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano
• Veracruz
• Xalapa

Non-Latin rite Cathedrals

• Porta Coeli (Melkite Greek Catholic Church)
• San José de Gracia (Anglican Church)
• Valvanera (Maronite Church)

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• ² no longer used as cathedral
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