St. Ann Cathedral (also called Uruguaiana Cathedral; ) is a Catholic church that originated as the parish of Santana, created by Provincial Law 58 of May 29, 1846, together with the city of

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, and was built between 1861 and 1874. In 1906, the parish was partially destroyed by a major fire, but was restored in the following years. With the creation of the

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, on August 15, 1910, by the bull by

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, the parish became the Sant'ana Cathedral. Later, in 1926, it was demolished since there was already a project for the construction of a bigger building, which was under construction; it was finished in 1959. It took 33 years to complete.

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Roman Catholic cathedrals in Rio Grande do Sul Roman Catholic churches completed in 1959 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Brazil {{Brazil-RC-cathedral-stub

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