El programa iconográfico de la antigua Catedral de Concepción, espejo de las ideas de un obispo chileno del siglo XIX

The Cathedral that the city of Concepción lost in the 1939 earthquake had a complex iconographic program, mainly contained in the altars and in the paintings in the vault. Although we do not have images that allow us to have a detailed knowledge of each of its characteristics, thorough descriptions of this image system are preserved. A large part of these ornate works were conceived and carried out during the long government of Bishop José Hipólito Salas. The abundance of texts written and published by Bishop Salas - from which his theological, pastoral and political perspectives can be reconstructed - allows us to inquire about the possible harmony between the Cathedral's iconographic program and his doctrinal and disciplinary conceptions.