Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Balvanera
View of the parish around 1930
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic Church
FestivalSaint Expeditus
PatronOur Lady of Valvanera
Location
LocationBartolomé Mitre 2411, Balvanera, Buenos Aires
Country Argentina
Architecture
Architect(s)José Santos Sartorio
Antonio Picarel
StyleRenaissance
Date established1833
Completed1842

Parish Nuestra Señora de Balvanera is a Catholic church located in the district of Balvanera in the autonomous city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1]

History

The parish of Balvanera was established in 1833 during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas.[2] The first priest was Mariano Medrano Cabrera and he performed the first baptism, of Pedro José Crespo, on May 16, 1833.[3] The first registered marriage was on July 2 of that same year, between Justo Avalos, born in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, and Feliciana Leyva, from the town of San Isidro. Antonino Canaveri and Lucrecia Calderón acted as witnesses.[4]

Around 1839, Rosas entrusted the architect José Santos Sartorio with the construction of a new church, which was completed in 1842.[5] Antonio Picarel was in charge of increasing the height of the building's dome.[6]

The current facade of the Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Balvanera was completed in 1930.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Historia Del Antiguo Buenos Aires, Felipe Bosch, 1971
  2. ↑ Vida del prócer argentino brigadier general don Juan Manuel de Rosas, Aníbal Atilio Röttjer, 1972
  3. ↑ Guía de sacerdotes y parroquias de la Arquidiócesis de Buenos Aires, Arzobispado de Buenos Aires, 2000
  4. ↑ Boletín interno, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, 1975
  5. ↑ Las iglesias de la ciudad, Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, 1981
  6. ↑ Archivum, Junta de Historia Eclesiástica Argentina, 1945
  7. ↑ Patrimonio artístico nacional, Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1998

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