São Paulo Cathedral
| São Paulo See Metropolitan Cathedral Catedral Metropolitana de São Paulo | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Province | Archdiocese of São Paulo |
| Year consecrated | 1954 |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Geographic coordinates | 23°33′04″S 46°38′04″W / 23.551168°S 46.634340°W |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Maximilian Emil Hehl |
| Style | Neo-Gothic |
| Groundbreaking | 1913 |
| Completed | 1967 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 111 metres (364 ft) |
| Width (nave) | 46 metres (151 ft) |
| Dome height (outer) | 30 metres (98 ft) |
| Spire height | 92 metres (302 ft) |
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady Assumption and Saint Paul (Portuguese: Catedral Metropolitana de Nossa Senhora da Assunção e São Paulo), also known as the See Cathedral (Portuguese: Catedral da Sé), is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil. Its current and seventh metropolitan archbishop is Dom Odilo Pedro Cardinal Scherer, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on March 21, 2007, and installed on April 29 of the same year. The existing cathedral's construction, in a Gothic revival style, began in 1913 and ended four decades later. It was ready for its dedication on the 400th anniversary of the foundation of the then humble villa of São Paulo by Chief or Cacique Tibiriçá and the Jesuit priests Manuel da Nóbrega and José de Anchieta. Despite its Renaissance-style dome, the São Paulo Metropolitan Cathedral is considered by some to be the fourth largest neo-Gothic cathedral in the world.