St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Roman Catholic)
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St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral | |
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St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral (o the Assumption) | |
St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh | |
Coordinates: 55°57′22″N 3°11′16″W / 55.9561°N 3.1877°W | |
Location | Edinburgh, Midlowden |
Kintra | Scotland |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Wabsteid | stmaryscathedral.co.uk |
History | |
Umwhile name(s) | St Mary's Chapel (1814) |
Consecratit | 1814 |
Associatit fowk | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle christened; unner Charles Hargitt The Edinburgh Royal Choral Union (1858), unner Arthur Oldham The Edinburgh Festival Chorus an The Scots Opera Chorus war foondit wi a nucleus frae the Cathedral Choir. |
Architecture | |
Status | Metropolitan Cathedral (o the Province o St Aundraes an Edinburgh) |
Heritage designation | Leetit B |
Airchitect(s) | James Gillespie Graham 1813-14; Reginald Fairlie War Memorial, High Altar 1921; Baldachino 1927; Augustus Welby Pugin - design |
Years biggit | 1814 |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | St Aundraes an Edinburgh |
Province | St Aundraes an Edinburgh |
Clergy | |
Airchbishop | Leo Cushley |
Laity | |
Director o muisic | Emma Turnbull, Director of Music |
Organist(s) | Simon Nieminski |
The Metropolitan Cathedral o Our Lady o the Assumption is a Roman Catholic cathedral
locatit in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the seat o the Airchbishop o Saunt Aundraes an Edinburgh, an the mithechurch k o Scots Catholicism.[1]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh". Archdiocese-edinburgh.com. Archived frae the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 21 Juin 2012.
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