This weekend, many residents of the hamlet of Canara ceheginera were made possible one of the petitions which had demanded more forcefully in the last decade.
With the opening of the new church was to implement the commitment of the session and especially the local mayor, Jose Soria, with the residents of this hamlet.
Hundreds of people gathered at eight o'clock in the afternoon to attend the first Mass being held at the new temple, enlivened by the parish choir and concelebrated by many priests, presided by the Vicar General of the Diocese D.
Alfonso Ortiz also accompanied by the pastor D.
José Martínez.
The celebration was attended by many members of the municipal government and the rest of the corporation headed by the local mayor, Jose Soria, which aired at the end of the celebration "pleased to see fulfilled one of the main commitments of the consistory to this hamlet" .
He also had words of praise for the work of the current pastor "true protagonist of the achievement of this work" and thanks to the bishopric in the figure of the current bishop of the diocese, D.
Juan Antonio Reig Pla, and its predecessor, the now Archbishop of Zaragoza, D.
Manuel Ureña was the one who signed the agreement with the council to carry out this new church.
The works, which had a budget of 300,000 euros, have been funded by the diocese and the city of Cehegín, who have contributed 120,000 euros each, the parish and Canara neighbors, who have contributed more than 60,000 euros and DIFEL company MARMOL, SL, which has also helped build the temple designed by the Madrid architect Juan de Dios de la Hoz and built by the company lorquina LORQUIMUR.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín