Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Maracay (Syriac Catholic)


The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption Also Catedral siria Nuestra Señora de La Asunción It is a temple belonging to the Syriac Catholic Church one of the Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See in Rome. It is located on the first street of San Jacinto sector in the city of Maracay, Aragua state, in north central part of South American country of Venezuela. It should not be confused with another cathedral also dedicated to the same Marian devotion, but governed by the Roman or Latin Church of the Catholic Church in the same city.
It serves as the headquarters of the Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela that was created on June 22, 2001 by Pope John Paul II by the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesial communitates.
It is one of the three parishes of this rite in Venezuela being the other 2 those dedicated to Our Lady of Amparo in Puerto la Cruz, Anzoátegui, and San Jorge in Barquisimeto, Lara State.