Our Lady of Narek Cathedral, Buenos Aires


The Our Lady of Narek Cathedral also called Armenian Cathedral of Our Lady of Narek is an Armenian Catholic cathedral church that is located in the Charcas street in the city of Buenos Aires the capital of Argentina. The congregation follows the Armenian rite and is in full communion with the Pope. It is one of the five Catholic cathedrals in Buenos Aires, others following the Roman rite, Maronite Rite, Ukrainian rite. It should not be confused with the Armenian Cathedral of St. Gregory the Enlightener.
The property on which the present structure was built was purchased in 1942 where a small chapel operated, the work of the new church was developed between 1971 and 1981 when it was officially consecrated. The temple is the main church of the Armenian Eparchy of San Gregory of Narek in Buenos Aires created in 1989 by the bull "Cum Christifideles ritus Armeni in Republica Argentina" of the then Pope John Paul II to meet the religious needs of the local Armenian Catholic community.
The church is under the pastoral responsibility of Bishop Pablo Hakimian.