St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Minneapolis
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Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis, Minnesota is one of two cathedrals in the Diocese of Minnesota in the Episcopal Church in the United States. It was built as a parish church overlooking Loring Park in 1910. In 1941, it was designated a cathedral when the bishop's office moved from the Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour in Faribault.
The Cathedral hosted the first World Congress of the Anglican Communion to be held outside of the United Kingdom in 1954, and hosted 1976 General Convention in Minneapolis which officially accepted the ordination of women as priests and adopted the current Book of Common Prayer used in the United States.
In 2003, St. Mark's hosted the General Convention at which The Rev. Gene Robinson was elected to become the Diocese of New Hampshire's Bishop, and the Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop.
In 2007, following the collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis, St. Mark's hosted an interfaith service of healing.[1]
On June 1, 2008, St. Mark's celebrated their 150th Anniversary as a parish church with a celebratory mass.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Barksdale, Susan. "'Prayer has brought us together'", Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota, 2007-08-06. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
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