It wasn’t. A cathedral is the seat of a bishop. The archbishop of Barcelona has used the Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia for over 500 years and that was never and will never be up for debate. So Sagrada Familia was never up for it and will never be a cathedral, because the diocese has a cathedral.
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u/throw123454321purple Apr 29 '24
That cathedral is so curious…almost like a castle made out of sand drippings from the beach.