Parroquia Matriz de San Lorenzo, Catholic parish church in San Lorenzo, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
The Parroquia Matriz de San Lorenzo is a Catholic parish church in the village of San Lorenzo, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Built in the 17th century after Bishop Francisco Sánchez de Villanueva y Vega granted permission on 14 March 1638, it is the city's second oldest parish after the Sagrario Cathedral. The church holds a historical archive and a parish cemetery, and it administers three annexed parishes.
The bishop of the Canary Islands, Francisco Sánchez de Villanueva y Vega, authorised a chapel here on 14 March 1638, on condition that the neighbours paid for the building. It was blessed and Mass was sung in 1645, and on 11 March 1681 the Blessed Sacrament was installed when it was raised to a parish dependent on the cathedral Sagrario. Its parish boundaries were fixed in a 1681 visitation, running from the Cruz de Piedra to the Molino de Albiturría.
The parish is dedicated to Saint Lawrence, whose feast is held in August, with Our Lady of Good Success and Saint Sebastian of Narbonne as co-patrons. The village was called Lugarejo until 1663, when documents replaced that name with San Lorenzo. The parish also keeps a historical archive and a cemetery.
The church stands in the village of San Lorenzo, in the hills above Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, not in the city centre. It is the seat of the archpriesthood of San Lorenzo, together with the parishes of Tamaraceite, Tenoya and Lomo Los Frailes. The parish also keeps a historical archive and a parish cemetery, and administers the annexed parishes of La Milagrosa, San Gregorio Magno and San Francisco de Asís.
The parish keeps a historical archive and its own cemetery, and it administers three annexed parishes: La Milagrosa in Altos de San Lorenzo, San Gregorio Magno in Siete Puertas and San Francisco de Asís in Almatriche Alto. Its patronal feast for San Lorenzo falls in August.
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