Juan Bautista Stiehle
Juan Bautista Stiehle (Johannes Baptista Stiehle, 1829–1899) was a German-born Ecuadorian friar and architect. He is notable for designing a number of churches in Cuenca, Ecuador, including the New Cathedral of Cuenca.[1]
Stiehle was born in Dächingen on 1 June 1829, eleventh of seventeen children. He worked as a cabinet maker and a blacksmith before in 1850 he travelled to Téterchen in Alsace where he was accepted to the Congregation of the Redemptorist Fathers. After working in France for a long time, in 1873, he was tasked with the construction of a church and a monastery of the Congregation in Cuenca, and he arrived to the city on 2 May that year. He stayed in Ecuador, mainly in Cuenca, until his death 26 years later.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Stiehle Juan Bautista" (in Spanish). Enciclopedia del Ecuador.
- ^ María Eulalia Guanuquiza B. "El Hermano Juan B. Stiehle y la Nueva Catedral de Cuenca" (PDF) (in Spanish). CLASCO.
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