Cathedral of Saint Augustinus in Huejutla de Reyes, Plateresque cathedral in Huejutla de Reyes, Mexico.

The Cathedral of Saint Augustinus stands on a terraced hillside above the river in Huejutla de Reyes, Hidalgo. Its Plateresque church has a plain facade with a round-arched doorway and a barrel-vaulted nave; stepped buttresses to the west hold an open chapel, and the former monastery occupies the highest terrace.

Augustinian friars founded this church in the 16th century as part of their effort to spread Christianity among the Huastec people of the region. Over the following centuries the building was expanded and modified several times before receiving cathedral status.

The church was first dedicated to Saint Augustine and became a priory in 1545; after secularization on 1 July 1751 it passed to the Purísima Concepción. Since 1923 it has been the seat of the Diocese of Huejutla, created by Pius XI with the bull Inter Negotia. The former convent, rehabilitated in 1830, served as the parish office.

The cathedral stands on the main square of Huejutla de Reyes and is easy to reach on foot from the town center. Visiting in the early morning gives you a better chance to look around calmly, since the church tends to be quieter before daily activities pick up.

The church stands on a platform where the god Tiozihuatl was once worshipped, and the Augustinians built over it from 1541. The whole complex occupies stepped terraces along a hill beside the river, with the former monastery on the highest level and the open chapel set between the stepped buttresses on the west side. The grounds, including the orchard terrace, cover 13,177.23 m².