The St. Ann Cathedral (also Caicó Cathedral; ) is a Catholic church located in the Monseñor Walfredo Gurgel Square in the center of the city of

Caicó Caicó, also known as the City of Prince, is a municipality in the Seridó Ocidental microregion and Central Potiguar mesoregion, in Rio Grande do Norte state, Northeast Brazil. With a population of 68 726 inhabitants (2021), it is the seventh ...

, Rio Grande do Norte State, in southern

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. The cathedral is the seat of the bishop of the Diocese of Caicó and also the seat of the parish of Sant'Ana. Its construction began symbolically on July 16, 1748, when the parish of Santa Ana was installed. Its benefactor was Manoel Fernandes Jorge, and its first

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Fr. Francisco Alves Maia. The cathedral of Santa Ana has a harmonious combination of Romanesque,

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and colonial styles. The temple features a curvilinear

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flanked by two bell towers. It has a central door. In the choir are three windows protected by iron. Its interior consists of a

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and

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. By 1785 the Mother Church of Sant'Ana was built and the faithful could attend religious events. Its conclusion would take place during the administration of the parish priest Francisco de Brito Guerra (1802–1845).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:St. Ann Cathedral, Church Roman Catholic cathedrals in Rio Grande do Norte Roman Catholic churches completed in 1748 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Brazil

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