Badajoz Cathedral

Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Catedral metropolitana de San Juan Bautista
Badajoz Cathedral
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic Church
Province	Mérida Badajoz
Rite	Latin Rite
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Metropolitan cathedral
Leadership	Archbishop Santiago García
Year consecrated	1270
Location
Location	Badajoz, Spain
Geographic coordinates	38°52′42.40″N 6°58′9.89″W
Architecture
Architectural type	church
Architectural style	Gothic, Baroque
Groundbreaking	1230
Completed	1276
Specifications
Length	70 metres (230 ft)
Width	40 metres (130 ft)
Spanish Property of Cultural Interest
Official name: Iglesia Catedral de San Juan Bautista
Designated	3 June 1931
Reference no.	(R.I.)-51-0000394-00000
Website
www.archimeridabadajoz.org

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist of Badajoz (Spanish: Catedral metropolitana de San Juan Bautista de Badajoz) is a Roman Catholic cathedral church in Badajoz, Extremadura, western Spain. It is the seat of the Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz.

References

• Pope John Paul II (28 July 1994), "Constitutiones Apostolicae - Emeritensis Augustana-Pacensis" (PDF), Acta Apostolicae Sedis (in Latin), Vatican: Congregation for Bishops, 86: 936–937, Nova constituitur in Hispania Provincia ecclesiastica Emeritensis Augustana - Pacensis et Sedes ad Metropolitanae Ecclesiae statum attollitur.

Other websites

• Page with history and a video of the construction phases Archived 2010-12-23 at the Wayback Machine
• Page at Ciudades Catedrals website Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
• Detailed guide of the Catedral of Badajoz (in Spanish)