San Patricio's church, Gothic church in Carretera de Cádiz district, Málaga, Spain.
San Patricio is a church on Calle Federico Orellana Toledano, at the corner with Calle La Hoz in the Huelin neighbourhood of Málaga. Completed in 1950 to a design by Enrique Atencia based on a project by Fernando Guerrero-Strachan Rosado, it has a Latin-cross plan and three naves. Its style refers to Gothic and Mudéjar models, like other churches of its time.
A first chapel was built in 1875 by the Huelin family beside one of their sugar factories; dedicated at first to the Virgen de los Dolores, it served the parish of San Patricio for its first fifty years. The present church was completed in 1950 to the project of Fernando Guerrero-Strachan Rosado, executed by the architect Enrique Atencia, because housing and shacks around the factories and beaches had outgrown the old chapel.
The name honours Saint Patrick, a 4th-century bishop of Málaga, not the Irish saint. Since 2005 the parish has also marked Ireland's Saint Patrick's Day on 17 March. The church is the canonical seat of the Hermandad de la Virgen del Carmen de Huelin and the Hermandad de Mediadora.
The church sits directly on Carretera de Cádiz and is accessible by public transportation. Visitors should wear respectful clothing and check when services take place, as access may be limited during worship.
The church is named after Saint Patrick, a 4th-century bishop of Málaga, not the Irish saint. Since 2005 the parish has also marked the feast of Saint Patrick of Ireland on 17 March, so the building carries two Patrick traditions at once.
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