Virgen del Carmen y Santa Teresita, Montevideo

Virgen del Carmen y Santa Teresita
(Carmelitas)
Basic information
Location Irigoitía 1007
Montevideo,  Uruguay
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Year consecrated 1954[1]
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Parish church
Architectural description
Architect(s) Guillermo Armas, Albérico Isola
Architectural type Church
Architectural style Neo-Gothic

The Church of the Virgin of Mount Carmel and St. Thérèse of Lisieux (Spanish: Iglesia de la Virgen del Carmen y Santa Teresita), also known as Iglesia de los Carmelitas, is a Roman Catholic parish church in the neighbourhood of Prado, Montevideo, Uruguay.[2]

The church was built in Neo-Gothic style by architects Guillermo Armas and Albérico Isola,[3] between 1929 and 1954.[1] It was held by the Carmelites until 1995, then it was leased to the Archdiocese.[4] The church is dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.[2]

The parish was established on 8 September 1962.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Carmelitas". Intendencia de Montevideo. Retrieved 9 May 2013. (in Spanish)
  2. 1 2 3 "Iglesia de los Carmelitas". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 30 March 2013. (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Pictures of the Church of the Carmelites (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Carmelites in Uruguay (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 34°51′53″S 56°12′14″W / 34.8647°S 56.2038°W / -34.8647; -56.2038


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