Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Catholic church in Hermosillo, Mexico.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is a religious building in central Hermosillo featuring stone walls and a prominent bell tower at its front facade. The structure displays traditional Mexican ecclesiastical design with a straightforward layout oriented around its main entrance.
Trinidad Húguez de Anza asked Bishop Juan Ignacio Quiroz y Mora in 1836 to build a chapel on the couple's hacienda in honour of the Virgin of Mount Carmel; permission came in 1837 on condition it stay open to the faithful living outside the estate. The building was completed in 1841, and the first religious celebration was held on 15 February 1842 by Father Juan Francisco Escalante. In 1887 Trinidad Húguez, the founders' granddaughter, gave the chapel to the Franciscan order.
The church is also known as the Capilla del Carmen, and its name honours the Virgin of Mount Carmel, to whom the founding couple Pascual Íñigo and Trinidad Húguez de Anza were devoted. On 16 February 1842, the day after the first religious celebration, an oil painting of the Virgin was brought into the temple.
The building is located in downtown Hermosillo and welcomes visitors daily for private prayer and reflection. Organized groups can arrange guided visits in advance by reaching out to the church staff.
The 1889 remodelling of the side aisles and main facade was supervised by the engineer Silvestre Cruz, who used Yaqui labourers from La Matanza; the work was completed in 1917. The walls of the aisles are stone and concrete, and the roof is a barrel vault.
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