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The Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The cathedral building, originally a parish church, was begun in September 1965 and finished in May 1966 in a contemporary southwestern style. [1]
Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria Mission is a historic mission church in Dona Ana, New Mexico near Las Cruces. It was built around 1844 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1] It is built in the adobe vernacular in style. [2] It is notable as the oldest example of an adobe vernacular church in southern New Mexico.
These settlers left the area by 1700 and were replaced by the New Mexico families from the old ranchos. [2] In 1706, the village had a small church, but this structure proved to be inadequate and in June 1733, Governor Gervasio Cruzat y Gongora granted the inhabitants of Santa Cruz permission to build a new church. [2]
They are of five digits and modelled on the United States Postal Service's ZIP Code system. The first two digits identify a federal entity (or part thereof). The 01–16 range refers to Mexico City with each corresponds to a borough (demarcación territorial) of the city. The 20–99 range is used to identify the 31 states (estados).
Jaime Gonzales of Rio Rancho, N.M., carries a large cross along Santa Fe County Road 98 on his way to Santuario de Chimayo on April 7, 2023. (Eddie Moore / Albuquerque Journal via Associated Press)
Las Cruces (/ l ɑː s ˈ k r uː s ɪ s /; Spanish: [las 'kruses] "the crosses") is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico and the seat of Doña Ana County.As of the 2020 census, its population was 111,385, [5] making Las Cruces the most populous city in both Doña Ana County and southern New Mexico. [6]
The area that was later to be occupied by the village of Santa Cruz de la Cañada is located 25 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and a half-mile east of Española, New Mexico, at 5,655 feet AMSL, and UTM NAD 83, Z-13S, 404927E, 3983643N in the valley of the Santa Cruz River half-mile from its confluence with the Rio Grande.
Eleven members of Monica Segura's family were gathered inside the Santa Cruz church in northeast Mexico for the baptism of her 1-year-old nephew when the roof collapsed killing at least 11 people.