San Bartolomé Parish is the Catholic church and parish house of the people of Hueypoxtla. Has always belonged to the Diocese of Cuautitlán in Mexico. This colonial building is a monument of great architectural importance dedicated to Saint Bartholomew.

History

In 1934 was discovered a gate catacombs with 72 crypts under the floor inside the temple, the tombs belong to, mostly moneyed Spaniards who lived around the village of Hueypoxtla during 16th-19th centuries, there are also bones of indigenous people as a child, according to the book of deaths.

San Bartolomé Parish (Hueypoxtla)

References

External links

San Bartolomé Hueypoxtla.

San Bartolomé Parish (Hueypoxtla)

1593 establishments in North America

Spanish Colonial architecture in Mexico

Roman Catholic churches in Mexico

Franciscan churches in Mexico

Spanish Catholic Evangelisation in Teotlalpan

Hueypoxtla

San Bartolomé Parish (Hueypoxtla)