St. Anne's Cathedral, Ocaña

St. Anne's Cathedral[1] (Spanish: Catedral de Santa Ana),[2] also called Ocaña Cathedral,[3] is a cathedral church of Catholic worship consecrated to St. Anne. It is a neoclassical building located on the south side of the 29 de mayo park in the city of Ocaña in Norte de Santander department, in the northern part of Colombia.[4] The cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ocaña.

St. Anne's Cathedral
Catedral de Santa Ana
LocationOcaña
Country Colombia
DenominationRoman Catholic Church
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The first church was built in 1564, and it was rebuilt after an earthquake in Cúcuta in 1875. In 1992 the paintings on wood were replaced with new ones with the same iconography dedicated to St Anne.

See also

References
  1. Cathedral of St. Anne in Ocaña, GCatholic.org.
  2. "Catedral Santa Ana". Vive Ocaña. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  3. "Falta plata para terminar restauración de catedral de Ocaña" [Not enough money to complete the restoration of Ocaña Cathedral]. La Opinión. 12 November 2015.
  4. Londoǫ, Andrš (2003-01-01). Guia Destino Colombia (in Spanish). Ediciones Gamma S.A. ISBN 9789588177120.

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