Cathedral Basilica of San Juan de los Lagos

Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of St. John of the Lakes
Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de San Juan de los Lagos
Location	San Juan de los Lagos
Country	Mexico
Denomination	Catholic
Tradition	Roman Rite
History
Dedication	Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos
Architecture
Groundbreaking	30 November 1732
Completed	1769

The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of St. John of the Lakes (Spanish: Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de San Juan de los Lagos), also called San Juan de los Lagos Cathedral, is a Catholic church located in the city of San Juan de los Lagos, in the state of Jalisco, Mexico, the seat of the Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos.^[1][2][3][4] This Cathedral-Basilica ranks second in the number of visitors in the country (more than 7 million pilgrims a year) after the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

The importance of this church lies in the veneration of the image of the Virgin that was donated to the city in 1542 by the Franciscan friar Miguel de Bolonia, whose evangelizing tours from Juchipila included the towns of Teocaltiche and Jalostotitlán in the current region of Los Altos de Jalisco. This image has been considered miraculous since colonial times. Its titular feast is celebrated on December 8, the day of the Immaculate Conception, but the feast of Candelaria on February 2 and the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin into heaven on August 15 are also celebrated with great solemnity. In addition, the entire month of May is celebrated in a special way with processions of the different guilds and neighborhoods of the city.