Nuestra Señora de Fátima, Pocitos, Montevideo

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Fátima
School and parish church "Fátima" in Pocitos
Basic information
Location Gral. Brito del Pino 1344
Montevideo,  Uruguay
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Parish church
Architectural type Church

The Church of Our Lady of Fatima (Spanish: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Fátima) is a Roman Catholic parish church in the neighbourhood of Pocitos, Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]

The parish was established on 1 May 1954.[1] The temple is dedicated to the Virgin of Fatima. It is held by the Claretians,[2] who also run the adjacent private school Colegio y Liceo Nuestra Señora de Fátima (established 1960).[3] Originally the celebrations were held in a crypt under the school; the current temple was built in the early 1980s, in brickwork.

Same devotion

There are other churches in Uruguay dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima:

References

  1. 1 2 "Iglesia de Fátima". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 30 March 2013. (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ "Institutes of consecrated life in Uruguay". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 28 April 2013. (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Colegio y Liceo Nuestra Señora de Fátima

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