Iglesia Cruz del Señor
The Parroquia de la Cruz del Señor traces its story back to a wooden cross placed—though not in any fixed year—along the old road linking Santa Cruz with San Cristóbal de La Laguna. That pilgrimage route became the reason a proper parish took shape here, and on 15 June 1940 the Bishop of Tenerife, Albino González Menéndez-Reigada, created the parish and a small church followed. The first temple did not last. In 1953 it had to be replaced because it threatened ruin, and by 1964—with Juan Méndez Hernández as the new parish priest—the reconstruction of the current church was completed. Inside, the worship space turned modern rather than neoclassical, and a 4-metre iron crucified Christ was brought in from the sculptor José Abad, who also made the baptismal font, kneelers, and candelabra. …
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