Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral, Catholic cathedral in Aracaju, Brazil
Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Aracaju, Sergipe, built from 1862 and opened on 22 December 1875. Its architecture combines Neoclassical elements with Gothic Revival pointed arches. The interior holds artworks by Orestes Gatti and Rodolfo Tavares.
Construction began in 1862 under Father Eliziário Vieira Moniz Teles, and the church opened on 22 December 1875 under Father José Luiz Azevedo. It was elevated to cathedral status on 3 January 1910, when the Archdiocese of Aracaju was created by the bull Divina disposente clementia of Pope Pius X.
The interior holds religious artworks by Orestes Gatti and Rodolfo Tavares. The church follows the Roman or Latin rite and serves as the seat of the Archdiocese of Aracaju, created in 1910 by Pope Pius X's bull "Divina disposente clementia".
The cathedral is open to the public and may be visited; access is naturally tied to the hours of the Roman Catholic liturgy, so visitors should plan around services. It stands in central Aracaju, in Sergipe, and serves as the seat of the Archdiocese of Aracaju.
The 1985 listing was issued by the Municipality of Aracaju, not by the state of Sergipe, under decree number 6.819 of 28 January. The same 1910 act that made it a cathedral, the bull "Divina disposente clementia" of Pope Pius X, created the Archdiocese of Aracaju.
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