Guadalajara Cathedral stands in the center of Guadalajara, Jalisco, and is the seat of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara. King Philip II commissioned it in 1561, and Martín Casillas made the original design. A fire damaged the church in 1574, and the new cathedral was completed in February 1618. It was consecrated on October 12, 1716. The style is Spanish Renaissance. The plan is a basilica with three naves, built of adobe, yellow stone and tezontle.
An earthquake on May 31, 1818 brought down the towers and the dome. Bishop Diego Aranda hired Manuel Gómez Ibarra to design new towers, which were built from 1851 to 1854 in a neo-Gothic style and covered in yellow and blue Talavera-style tile.
The dome has French stained glass, and the high altar is of marble and silver. Pope Pius XII made the cathedral a minor basilica.
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