Cathedral of St. Louis of France, Catholic cathedral in Cáceres, Brazil

The Cathedral of St. Louis of France is a Gothic and Neo-Gothic church on Praça Barão do Rio Branco in Cáceres, begun in 1919 to a design by architect Leon Joseph Louis Mounier and completed in 1965. Its design draws on Notre-Dame de Paris, with pointed arches and a façade that faces the square.

Construction began in 1919 to a design by the French architect Leon Joseph Louis Mounier, who also drew the Igreja do Bom Despacho in Cuiabá and died before the work advanced. Structural problems and damage in 1949 raised doubts about finishing the project. Bishop D. Máximo Biennés pushed it to completion in 1965 and is buried inside the cathedral.

The cathedral is named for Saint Louis of France, and its construction began in 1919, the centenary of which was celebrated in 2019. Bishop D. Máximo Biennés, who died in August 2007, is buried inside the building as a tribute to his role in completing it.

The building sits in the historic center of Cáceres surrounded by narrow streets and old houses that make it easy to find and reach. Visitors can view the exterior freely or attempt to enter during open hours to see the interior spaces themselves.

Bishop D. Máximo Biennés, whose persistence secured the cathedral's completion in 1965, is buried inside the building; he died in August 2007. The architect Leon Joseph Louis Mounier, who drew the project, died before the work advanced, and in 1949 structural damage raised doubts about whether the cathedral could ever be finished.