Our Lady of Exile Cathedral, Jundiaí, Gothic Revival cathedral in Jundiaí, Brazil.
Our Lady of Exile Cathedral is a church building with neogothic features located in downtown Jundiaí. The interior displays vaulted ceilings, two side chapels, and elaborate wall paintings created by the artist Arnaldo Mecozzi that enhance the spiritual space with religious imagery.
The building began as a small chapel in the 1600s and underwent extensive redesign in the 1920s with neogothic features. Its elevation to cathedral status came in the mid-1900s when the newly established diocese needed a stronger religious administrative center.
The cathedral serves as the spiritual heart of the Diocese of Jundiaí and draws worshippers for masses and religious celebrations throughout the year. Visitors notice the devotion to Mary as the Mother of Exile, a theme reflected in the building's name and in the local Catholic traditions practiced here.
The cathedral faces the central square of Jundiaí, where the old parish church stood since 1651. The main entrance is on the facade with the stained-glass window of the Flight into Egypt; the transept and side chapels opened in 1921 lie to the sides of the nave. The crypt holds the tombs of bishops Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, Roberto Pinarello de Almeida and Amaury Castanho.
The pipe organ was made by the French firm Cavaillé-Coll and brought to Jundiaí by Antônio de Queiroz Telles, the Count of Parnaíba, who also brought the crucifix of the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament from France in 1879. The bells are counted among the cathedral's most valuable possessions.
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