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Cathedral of Saint Mark the Evangelist

Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Italy

Cathedral of Saint Mark the Evangelist

St. Mark's Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral de San Marcos), or also known as Tuxtla Gutiérrez Cathedral, is a Catholic church in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico, and seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuxtla. It formerly served as church for a Dominican priory, and has been remodeled several ti

mes. The building as of 2016 was completed in 1965 when Pope Paul VI created the Diocese of Tuxtla. The patronage of Saint Mark, patron saint of Tuxtla, dates from 1560, when Dominican friars of the convent in Tecpatán constructed the first Catholic church for this population and dedicated it to San Marcos Evangelista.

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