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Christ Church Cathedral of the Diocese of New Westminster. Built by C.O. Wickenden 1889-1895
Christ Church Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral in Vancouver, British Columbia. Christ Church located at 690 Burrard Street at the north-east corner of Georgia St and Burrard St directly across from the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver is the cathedral of the Diocese of New Westminster in the Anglican Church of Canada. The first cathedral of the Diocese of New Westminster was Holy Trinity Cathedal in New Westminster. When Christ Church was designated as the new cathedral in 1925, the old cathedral retained the designation as cathedral as a courtesy and to assuage discontent.[1] On land bought from the Canadian Pacific Railway, the parish church of Christ Church was built in 1889 and nicknamed the 'Root House' as only the lower part of the church was built and services were held in it.[1] Eventually, financing allowed construction to continue and the corner-stone of the cathedral was laid on July 28, 1894, with the cathedral being dedicated on February 17, 1895.[1]
The former dean and rector, until 1994, was Michael Ingham, who is now Bishop of the Diocese of New Westminster. The current dean and rector of the Cathedral is Peter Elliott.
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- Province, Diocese and Parish
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- People of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c Grove, Lyndon (1979). Pacific Pilgrims. Vancouver: Centennial Committee of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster.
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Coordinates: 49°17′03″N, 123°07′15″W
