San Sebastian Cathedral

The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd located within the town of San Sebastian or Donostia, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain. It is the seat of the suffragan Diocese of San Sebastian and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Pamplona Y Tudela. The maximum superb spiritual constructing of San Sebastian, it is endowed with a sturdy verticality and is the most important in Gipuzkoa. Its construction took place inside the remaining years of the 19^th century in a Historicist Neo-Gothic style. The church, devoted to the Good Shepherd, has held the rank of cathedral when you consider that 1953.

In 1881 a Royal Order created a new parish division in San Sebastian. This new department blanketed the introduction of a parish, claimed for years by way of locals within the southern part of the metropolis, which later became known as the "Ensanche of Amara". In August 1887 the City Council gave a place between the river Urumea and Beach of La Concha, occupied by using sand dunes and marshes, to construct the church. Until it become completed, the non secular desires of the neighborhood congregation were met by way of a provisional parish, devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Opened in March 1888, this rudimentary church changed into made from wooden and was among Loiola and Príncipe Streets.