Jaén Cathedral Jaén Cathedral The Assumption of the Virgin Cathedral is a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic cathedral located in Santa María Square, opposite the Town Hall and the Episcopal Palace, in the center of Jaén, region of Andalusia, Spain. The cathedral stands on a site once occupied by a mosque. Construction began in 1249 atop the ruins of the mosque. The church was damaged and rebuilt on numerous occasions during the following two centuries until the sixteenth century, when several architects, Andrés de Vandelvira being the most important one, built the biggest part of the Cathedral. It was consecrated in 1724. The more
Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville () is a Roman Catholic diocese in Tennessee. It was founded on July 28, 1837 by the Dominican Bishop Richard Pius Miles. The Cathedral Church of the Incarnation is the seat of the Bishops of Nashville. The first Roman Catholic cathedral church for Nashville was Holy Rosary Cathedral where the State Capitol now stands. The second Cathedral, built by Bishop Richard Pius Miles, is now the parish Saint Mary of the Seven Sorrows, near the Tennessee State Capitol. Prior to 1970, the diocese encompassed the entire state. At that