St Columba's Cathedral

The St Columba 's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church building in the Scottish town of Oban. Conceived in the modern neo-Gothic style building is located in the west of the city right on the bay of Oban Bay. In 1971 the St Columba 's Cathedral was inducted into the Scottish lists of monuments in the highest category A. The church is still in use as such today.

History

The first Cathedral in Oban was built in 1878. It consisted of corrugated iron and was only intended as a temporary structure that was eventually still used for 50 years. The priest Donald Martin presented on September 14, 1932 the foundation stone of the present building, which was completed in 1952. Probably delays due to the second world war were responsible for the long construction period. The two big bells of Geläuts, Brendan and Kenneth were blessed in 1959. Since she is the main church of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles. As an architect Giles Gilbert Scott was responsible for the planning, who also designed the famous red telephone boxes of Britain next to Liverpool Cathedral, Waterloo Bridge and Battersea Power Station.