Saint Anne's Cathedral, La Pocatière, Catholic cathedral in La Pocatière, Canada.
Saint Anne's Cathedral is a church building in La Pocatière constructed in 1970, combining concrete, wood, crépi, and asphalt shingles in its construction. The interior houses a Guilbault-Thérien organ installed in 1974 and the building sits on 4e Avenue Painchaud.
The first church on this site was built in 1678, followed by seven other buildings before the current structure was completed in 1970. This long succession of buildings shows how important the location has remained as a religious center through the centuries.
The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary and patroness of Quebec, whose feast is celebrated on 26 July; the building was blessed on that day in 1970. The parish of Sainte-Anne was canonically erected in 1678 and is among the oldest of roughly twenty Quebec parishes placed under her patronage. The carillon blessed on 17 May 1970 holds three bells named Anne, Bruno and Charles-Henri, weighing 3,529 kg in all.
The cathedral is located at 4e Avenue Painchaud in central La Pocatière and is regularly accessible for visitors and worshippers. It is helpful to check service times before visiting to plan your visit around the building's main activities.
The carillon blessed on 17 May 1970 holds three bells named Anne, Bruno and Charles-Henri, weighing 3,529 kg in all. The two largest were cast in Paris and Louviers by Crouzet and Hildebrand and came from the Saint-Henri church in Montreal; they sound D and E, while the third, cast by Dominique Bollé near Orléans, sounds F.
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