St. Joseph's Cathedral, Posadas, Catholic cathedral in Posadas, Argentina

St. Joseph's Cathedral stands at 1850 Calle San Martín, a pedestrian street facing Plaza 9 de Julio and near the Casa de Gobierno de Misiones. Architect Alejandro Bustillo's 1935 plan gave the church a facade with neo-Gothic echoes, three unadorned naves and two towers later heightened to correct their proportions. Inside, the main altar vault carries a painting of the Holy Spirit.

The first structure on this site was built starting in 1867 by soldiers of Argentine Battalion 24 and was completed in 1876. Major renovation work in 1937 added the two towers that now define the building's exterior.

The cathedral is dedicated to St. Joseph the Worker, patron of both the cathedral and the city of Posadas. Until the 1960s the main altar was carved wood with figures of saints, bronze candlesticks and glass vases, and the pulpit bore reliefs of the twelve Apostles and of Roque González de Santa Cruz; all of it was removed after the Second Vatican Council.

The cathedral stands at San Martín 1850, on the pedestrian stretch of San Martín street, facing the 9 de Julio square and close to the Casa de Gobierno de Misiones. The entrance is at the corner of that pedestrian street, so it is reached on foot from the administrative centre of Posadas.

The carved wooden high altar, with figures of saints, bronze candlesticks and glass vases, was removed after the Second Vatican Council, as was a pulpit whose reliefs showed the twelve Apostles and Roque González de Santa Cruz. The Stations of the Cross paintings and the organ came from Germany.