Manchester Cathedral

Manchester Cathedral
Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George
Manchester Cathedral and skyline
Manchester Cathedral is located in Greater Manchester
Manchester Cathedral
Manchester Cathedral
Shown within Greater Manchester
53°29′07″N 2°14′41″W / 53.48528°N 2.24472°W / 53.48528; -2.24472
LocationVictoria Street, Manchester M3 1SX
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
Previous denominationCatholic
TraditionCentral churchmanship
WebsiteCathedral website
History
StatusActive
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade I listed
Architectural typegothic revival
StyleGothic (Perpendicular)
Years built1421–1882
Specifications
Tower height135ft
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseManchester (since 1847)
Clergy
DeanRogers Govender
SubdeanIan Jorysz
PrecentorIan Jorysz
Canon MissionerGrace Thomas
ArchdeaconKaren Smeeton
Laity
Director of musicChristopher Stokes (Organist and Master of the Choristers)
Organist(s)Geoffrey Woollatt (Sub-Organist)
Manchester Cathedral from the front

Manchester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George,[1][a] in Manchester, England, is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Manchester, seat of the Bishop of Manchester and the city's parish church. It is on Victoria Street in Manchester city centre and is a grade I listed building.

The former parish church was rebuilt in the Perpendicular Gothic style in the years following the foundation of the collegiate body in 1421. Then at the end of the 15th century, James Stanley II (warden 1485–1506 and later Bishop of Ely 1506–1515) was responsible for rebuilding the nave and collegiate choir with high clerestory windows; also commissioning the late-medieval wooden internal furnishings, including the pulpitum, choir stalls and the nave roof supported by angels with gilded instruments. The collegiate church became the cathedral of the new Diocese of Manchester in 1847. It was extensively refaced, restored and extended in the Victorian period, and again following bomb damage during World War II. It is one of fifteen Grade I listed buildings in Manchester.

  1. ^ Manchester Cathedral, ManchesterCathedral.org, retrieved 30 December 2014
  2. ^ Scott 1915, p. 35


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