Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Conceição

The Catholic Church in the city of Manaus, the trip back to the Infantry Captain Pedro Favela da Costa in 1668. On this occasion it was established the first urban center in the river mouth Tarumã, in whose place was erected a cross. It was the beginning of a warehouse for the enslavement of Indians.

It was part of the entourage of Peter Favela da Costa, Father Theodosius da Veiga, the Order of Mercy, a founder of the first chapel on the ground from Manaus.

In 1695, surrounding the Fortress of São José da Barra do Rio Negro, it was the turn of the Carmelite priests build a matrix of Manaus, naturally devoted to the praise of Our Lady. It was built in the square of the Trench, now 15, Novembro.Essa Square building was demolished in 1781 and was re-erected another on the same site, although never completed. Again it was demolished by order of Governor Manuel da Gama Lobo de Almada, which he built a larger one in the same place.

The Tragedy of fire and a new church

A fire occurred on June 2, would reduce the church to ashes. The emergence of a new church was started in July 10, 1858, with the cornerstone was laid at seven o'clock in the morning of July 23, 1858, with the provincial president Francisco José Furtado.

The official blessing of the new church, occur on the afternoon of August 14, 1877, with the priest José Manoel dos Santos Pereira, who in his speech said:

"Compared to what was and what is the smallness of ancient chapels with the magnificence of this new matrix, we can not like the old Israel, recalling the beauty of the ancient temple, back from captivity in Babylon to their homeland, crying beauty and burned the old Matrix. "

Manaus, in this period was approximately 30 000 inhabitants, three quarters, St. Vincent, Remedies and Holy Spirit. With a little intense commercial activity, on April 27, 1892, was the dismemberment of the Ecclesiastical Province of Grand Para, the Diocese of Bethlehem where he was made the Diocese of Amazonas.

Another important factor was the appointment of the first Bishop of Amazonas, the Canon Don Jose Lorenzo de Aguiar Costa on January 16, 1894.

The consecration of the cathedral church as occurred in 1946, with the diocesan bishop, Bishop John Amaral and Andrade da Matta.

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