The cathedral is located on a block along 1 Calle in San Pedro Sula,[1][2] situated between 2 Avenida SO and 3 Avenida SO, with its rear on 2 Calle SO.[2] Next to it is a public park called Parque Central.[1][3]
History
The cathedral was built in 1949.[3] It was designed in the Mission Revival architectural style by architect José Francisco Zalazar. It is named for Saint Peter. It is one of the main cathedrals in Honduras, where most of the population is Roman Catholic. In 2023 it was elevated to Metropolitan see as Pope Francis created the Ecclesiastical Province of San Pedro Sula, transforming the Diocese into a Metropolitan see of the new Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula [4]
According to Lonely Planet, it features "high, pale-yellow walls and pillars, and an even higher central cupola."[1] It is decorated with hand-carved wooden statues and religious paintings of Saints.[1]
^ abCarolyn McCarthy, Greg Benchwick, Joshua Samuel Brown, Alex Egerton, Matthew D Firestone, Kevin Raub, Tom Spurling, Lucas Vidgen, Central America on a shoestring, Lonely Planet, 2010, p. 364 [2]
^Christine Zuchora-Walske, Honduras in Pictures, Minneapolis, Minnesota: Twenty-First Century Books, 2009, p. 80 [3]
