Plymouth Cathedral

The Cathedral of Plymouth ( Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Boniface ) in Plymouth, Devon, is the Episcopal Church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth. The neo-Gothic basilica was built in 1856-1858 according to the plans of Joseph and Charles Hansom. The St. Mary's patronage builds on the previous church; St. Boniface was chosen as a second patron, because he was born Crediton lies in the diocese territory.

History

In the course of the early Catholic Emancipation in the United Kingdom and Irish immigration dockworker a small Catholic church at Saint Mary Street could be built in 1807 in the then independent Stonehouse. It was enlarged in 1838 and supplemented by a school building. This Marienkirche was Prokathedrale than 1850 Plymouth was appointed bishop seat for Devon, Dorset and Cornwall as part of the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in England in the year.

The foundation stone of the new cathedral was laid on June 22, 1856; on March 25, 1858, the Feast of the Annunciation, she was solemnly inaugurated in use. 1866, she received the slender spire. After completion of the interior and the stained glass windows and after removal of the residual debt through cash gifts on the occasion of its 25th anniversary, Bishop took Bishop William Vaughan, the actual founder of the Episcopal Diocese of Plymouth, the consecration of the Cathedral on 22 September 1880.

During the German air raids on Plymouth in the spring of 1941, the cathedral received heavy fire damage; the adjoining convent building was completely destroyed. In the 1950s, the restoration took place.

After the post-conciliar liturgical reform had already brought changes to the interior with yourself, 1994, a systematic redesign was carried out, which met with enthusiastic approval, but also strong opposition.

Architecture

The cathedral is built of irregularly hewn stone in the economical forms of early English Gothic. At the transition from three-aisled nave for almost as long chorus two lower transept arms are attached. The 61 m high tower stands next to the portal facade on the north aisle.

The organ was built another church building in 1799 by the organ builder Elliot, and erected in 1865 in the Cathedral of Plymouth. Since then, the instrument of the organ builder Hele & Co ( Plymouth) has been revised several times., The organ has 32 ​​registers on three manuals and pedal. The tracker action are electric.