Cuernavaca Cathedral

Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary Catedral de la Asunción de María
Facade and belltower of the cathedral
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Province	Diocese of Cuernavaca
Rite	Roman Rite
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	cathedral
Leadership	Bis. Alfonso Cortés Contreras[1]
Year consecrated	16th century
Location
Location	Cuernavaca, Mexico
Geographic coordinates	18°55′12.77″N 99°14′12.41″W / 18.9202139°N 99.2367806°W / 18.9202139; -99.2367806
Architecture
Type	church
Style	Baroque
Groundbreaking	1529 (1529)
Completed	1534
Specifications
Length	80 metres (260 ft)
Width	40 metres (130 ft)
Spire(s)	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name: Earliest 16th century monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iv
Designated	1994[2]
Reference no.	702
State Party	Mexico
Region	Latin America and the Caribbean
Website
diocesisdecuernavaca.org.mx

The Cuernavaca Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral de la Asunción de María) is the Roman Catholic church of the Diocese of Cuernavaca, located in the city of Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. The church and its surrounding monastery is one of the early 16th century monasteries in the vicinity of the Popocatepetl volcano inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, built initially for evangelization efforts of indigenous people after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. By the 18th century, the church of the monastery began to function as the parish church of the city and in the late 19th century, it was elevated to the rank of a cathedral. Unlike many cathedrals in Mexico, this one does not face the city's main square, but rather is located just to the south, in its own walled compound, which it shares with a number of other structures. Unlike the other monastery structures from its time, the importance of this church provoked a number of renovation projects, the last of which occurred in 1957. This one took out the remaining older decorations of the interior and replaced them with simple modern ones. This renovation work also uncovered a 17th-century mural that covers 400 square metres (4,300 sq ft) of the interior walls and narrates the story of Philip of Jesus and twenty three other missionaries who were crucified in Japan.