Antigua Guatemala Cathedral

Cathedral of Santiago Parish of San José
Catedral Primada de Santiago; Parroquia de San José (Spanish)
Cathedral of San José, 2007
Religion
Affiliation	Catholic Church
Province	Santiago de Guatemala
Rite	Roman Rite
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	cathedral
Leadership	Archbishop Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruño
Year consecrated	1541
Status	World Heritage Site
Location
Location	Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez
Municipality	Antigua Guatemala
Location in Antigua Guatemala
Territory	Archdiocese of Guatemala
Geographic coordinates	14°33′24″N 90°43′58″W / 14.5567°N 90.7329°W / 14.5567; -90.7329
Architecture
Type	church

Parish of San José (Spanish: Catedral de San José), located in the city of Antigua Guatemala, is part of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala and is located in a section of the old Primate Cathedral of Antigua Guatemala, which was destroyed by the 1773 Guatemala earthquakes. The first construction of the cathedral began in 1545 with the rubble brought from the destroyed settlement in the Almolonga Valley, which had been a second attempt to found a town in the region. Its complete construction was hampered by frequent earthquakes over the years. On April 7, 1669, the temple was demolished and a second sanctuary would be inaugurated in 1680 under the direction of Juan Pascual and José de Porres, there is also evidence that the Spanish engineer and image maker Martín de Andújar Cantos worked on its reconstruction.