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'''Our Lady of Solitude Cathedral'''<ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/northamerica/4131.htm Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad]</ref> (also called '''Irapuato Cathedral'''; {{langx|es|Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldeirapuato/notas/n4059681.htm|title=La Catedral de Irapuato|website=www.oem.com.mx|access-date=2016-12-15|archive-date=2016-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124031346/http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldeirapuato/notas/n4059681.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> is the main [[Roman Catholic]] church in [[Irapuato]], [[Mexico]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldeirapuato/notas/n4027900.htm|title=Abre Obispo Puerta Santa de la Catedral de Irapuato|website=www.oem.com.mx|access-date=2016-12-15|archive-date=2016-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220142451/http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldeirapuato/notas/n4027900.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is located in front of the Plaza Monumental Miguel Hidalgo. It is the [[mother church]] of the [[Diocese of Irapuato]], which is the seat of the bishopric.
The date of its construction is unknown, but according to a census carried out by the [[Bishop of Michoacán]], it existed as a parish in 1631. Its cathedral rank was granted in 2004 by [[Pope John Paul II]].
== Design ==
Like most Baroque Catholic churches, it was designed in a [[Christian cross variants|Latin cross]] plan. Its vault consists of a corrugated canon with a polygonal cross-section, and its side arches ({{lang|es|formeros}}) and sub-arches ({{lang|es|torales}}) are also polygonal. Its internal spaciousness stands out for its scale given the modest locality at the time.{{cn|date=June 2020}}
== See also ==
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*[[Roman Catholicism in Mexico]]
*[[Our Lady of Solitude]]
*[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Irapuato]]
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==References==
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{{Cathedrals in Mexico}}
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