St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow

St Andrew's Roman Catholic Cathedral (also St. Andrew's Metropolitan Cathedral Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Andrew or called ) is a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Glasgow. It lies in the Clyde Street on the north bank of the River Clyde. It is the seat of the Archdiocese and the Archbishop of Glasgow.

History

Because of the Reformation in Britain there was in Glasgow until the middle of the 18th century in almost no Catholics. Until 1778 the building of Catholic churches was forbidden. This changed with the industrial revolution, which attracted many Catholic workers from Ireland to Glasgow. In 1805 Frater Andrew Scott took the initiative to build a new church for the growing number of Catholics in Glasgow. Was commissioned to plan the architect James Gillespie Graham, who designed the church in the Gothic Revival style. The foundation stone was laid in June 1814, with completion on 22 December 1816. The church was given the name of the Apostle Andrew, building on the defunct St Andrews Cathedral and the old patronage of the Apostle about Scotland.

The construction of the new church was overshadowed by the then UK widespread hostile attitude towards the Roman Catholic Church. Multiple parts of the new building were destroyed at night by opponents of Catholicism, so that the site had to be guarded. The attacks caused the other hand also an increased amount of donations, so that the church could be completed despite the nightly destruction in the scheduled time. 1884 Saint Andrew's was the seat of the Archdiocese of Glasgow rebuilt that had not existed since the Middle Ages. Accordingly, the church became a cathedral in 1889.

Equipment

The organ was installed in 1981 by organ builder Michael McDonald in St. Andrew's. The instrument was built in 1903 by the organ builder Henry Willis & Sons for the former Congregational Church. The instrument has 31 stops on three manuals and pedal. Since the renovation of the cathedral in 2009 and 2010, the organ is stored.