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Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Location	San Jacinto, Maracay
Country	Venezuela
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Syriac Catholic Church

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción) Also Catedral Católica Siria de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción. It is a temple belonging to the Syriac Catholic Church one of the Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See in Rome. It is located on the first street of San Jacinto sector in the city of Maracay, Aragua state, in north central part of South American country of Venezuela. It should not be confused with another cathedral also dedicated to the same Marian devotion, but governed by the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the same city.

It serves as the headquarters of the Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela (Exarchatus Apostolicus ritus pro Fidelibus Antiocheni Syrorum in Venetiola) that was created on June 22, 2001 by Pope John Paul II by the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesial communitates.

It is one of the three parishes of this rite in Venezuela being the other 2 those dedicated to Our Lady of Amparo in Puerto la Cruz, Anzoátegui, and San Jorge in Barquisimeto, Lara State.

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Venezuela
• Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Maracay

References

1. "Un nuevo pastor para la comunidad siro-católica de Venezuela – ZENIT – Espanol".
2. "Feligreses celebraron 28 años de la Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Asunción – El Aragüeño". Archived from the original on 2016-04-15.
3. "«CATEDRAL NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA ASUNCIÓN, DIÓCESIS DE MARACAY, EXARCADO APOSTÓLICO SIRIACO CATÓLICO EN VENEZUELA - Urb. San Jacinto". iGlobal.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-08-04.
4. Cheney, David M. "Venezuela (Apostolic Exarchate) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
5. "..:.Arquidiócesis de Caracas.:.. Jurisdicciones". www.arquidiocesisdecaracas.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2016-08-04.

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