Comodoro Rivadavia Cathedral

The San Juan Bosco Cathedral in Comodoro Rivadavia is the bishop's church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia in Argentina. It is the only cathedral, dedicated to the founder of the Salesians of Don Bosco.

The cathedral was built by the local architect Pedro Carballo and completed in 1978. The crypt was dedicated in 1949 Don Bosco, the planning of a more in -built cathedral began in 1958. On October 19, 1959, the diocese received by Pope John XXIII. consecrated statue of St.. Don Bosco.

The cathedral is a modern building of brick and concrete. It is 62 meters long and 20 meters wide, the height of the vessel is 17 meters.

The tower reached with the Cross of aluminum 60 meters, where the cross itself measures 11 meters. It contains five boxes with letters from believers who had supported the construction of the cathedral.

Inside there is an apse wall, framed by the artist Dolores Ocampo de Morón, which supplied the panels of the high altar. To view the Last Supper, the calling of the apostles and Eucharistic symbols. As artists also worked Jadwiga Szymanski de Koprowoski ( Way of the Cross ) and Marta Moroder ( Mary Help of statue).