St. Ann Cathedral
Catedral Sant'Ana
25°05′53″S 50°09′32″W / 25.09819°S 50.15889°W / -25.09819; -50.15889
LocationPonta Grossa
Country Brazil
DenominationRoman Catholic Church
Architecture
StyleModern architecture
Administration
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Ponta Grossa

The St. Ann Cathedral[1] (also Ponta Grossa Cathedral; Portuguese: Catedral Sant’Ana)[2] is a Catholic church located in the center of Paraná in the city of Ponta Grossa in southern Brazil.[3] The church is the seat of the Diocese of Ponta Grossa.

On September 15, 1823,[4] Ponta Grossa became a parish, after which the need arose to build a new, larger chapel to serve the population in place of the old tiled roof chapel dedicated to St. Ann built by Dom Pedro I, the ninth parish of Paraná.[5]

In 1906 the Italian Nicolas Ferigotti was hired to remodel the church. Ferigotti presented a project considered daring, because although eclecticism was common at that time, western churches were predominantly built in Greco-Roman style. The building was inaugurated in 1910.[6] On May 10, 1926, the Diocese of Ponta Grossa was created and the church was elevated to the category of cathedral.[5]

It was remodeled again in 1978 and was re-inaugurated in 2009.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cathedral of St. Ann
  2. ↑ CARVALHO, DANIEL. Aconteceu no Século Vinte (in Portuguese). Editora Baraúna. ISBN 9788579231353.
  3. ↑ História, Universidade Federal do Paraná Departamento de (1968-01-01). Boletím (in Portuguese). O Departamento.
  4. ↑ "Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa - Mobilidade Acadêmica Internacional". Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2013-08-25. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  5. 1 2 "Diocese de Ponta Grossa". Diocese de Ponta Grossa (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  6. ↑ Prefeitura Municipal de Ponta Grossa. "Igreja Matriz de Santana". sppert.com.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2013-08-25. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
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