Bourg-en-Bresse Cathedral (''Concathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation de Bourg-en-Bresse'') is a

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cathedral in

Bourg-en-Bresse Bourg-en-Bresse (; frp, Bôrg) is the prefecture of the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Located northeast of Lyon, it is the capital of the ancient province of Bresse ( frp, Brêsse, links=no). In 2018, ...

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. This church was previously the collegiate church of Notre-Dame-du-Bourg, which in 1992 was raised to the status of co-cathedral of the Diocese of Belley-Ars, as the bishop and diocesan administration of Belley, later Belley-Ars, had been resident in

since 1978. Artistic holdings of the cathedral include a ''

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'' in oil by Anne Bricollet, signed and dated 1785.

Details of the Cathedral

File:Cocathédrale Notre-Dame Annonciation Bourg Bresse 43.jpg, Virgin and Child File:Cocathédrale Notre-Dame Annonciation Bourg Bresse 11.jpg, Entrance File:Cocathédrale Notre-Dame Annonciation Bourg Bresse 8.jpg, Above the entrance File:Statue St Joseph Cocathédrale Notre-Dame Bourg Bresse 1.jpg, Saint Joseph File:Allée principale Intérieur Cocathédrale Notre-Dame Bourg Bresse 2.jpg, Main alley File:Bourg-en-Bresse - Co-Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Annonciation (14-2014) 2014-06-24 13.08.22.jpg, Annunciation File:Autel Chapelle Fonts Baptismaux Cocathédrale Notre-Dame Bourg Bresse 2.jpg, Painting by Benoît Alhoste File:Columnas de la Catedral de Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation de Bourg-en-Bresse.JPG, Interior File:Autel Chapelle Sacré Cœur Cocathédrale Notre-Dame Bourg Bresse 4.jpg, Altar located in the Chapel of the Sacred Heart

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Brief account of Bourg-en-Bresse Cathedral
Roman Catholic cathedrals in France Churches in Ain {{France-RC-cathedral-stub