Parish Nuestra Señora de Balvanera

Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Balvanera
Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Balvanera
	View of the parish around 1930
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic Church
Festival	Saint Expeditus
Patron	Our Lady of Valvanera
Location
Location	Bartolomé Mitre 2411, Balvanera, Buenos Aires
Country	Argentina
Architecture
Architect(s)	José Santos Sartorio; Antonio Picarel
Style	Renaissance
Date established	1833
Completed	1842

Parish Nuestra Señora de Balvanera is a Catholic church located in the district of Balvanera in the autonomous city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[1]

History

The parish of Balvanera was established in 1833 during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas.^[2] The first priest was Mariano Medrano Cabrera and he performed the first baptism, of Pedro José Crespo, on May 16, 1833.^[3] The first registered marriage was on July 2 of that same year, between Justo Avalos, born in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, and Feliciana Leyva, from the town of San Isidro. Antonino Canaveri and Lucrecia Calderón acted as witnesses.^[4]

Around 1839, Rosas entrusted the architect José Santos Sartorio with the construction of a new church, which was completed in 1842.^[5] Antonio Picarel was in charge of increasing the height of the building's dome.^[6]

The current facade of the Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Balvanera was completed in 1930.^[7]