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The head of the college is the Dean of Christ Church. [17] Christ Church is unique among Oxford colleges in that its Head of House, who is head of both college and cathedral, must be an Anglican cleric appointed by the Crown as dean of the cathedral church. The dean lives on site in a grand 16th-century house in the main quadrangle.
The choir, looking towards the organ and entrance. The cathedral was originally the church of St Frideswide's Priory.The site was historically presumed to be the location of the nunnery founded by St Frideswide, the patron saint of Oxford, and the shrine is now in the Latin Chapel; originally containing relics translated at the rebuilding in 1180, it was the focus of pilgrimage from at least ...
The choir rehearsing for Evensong in York Minster Choral Evensong at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford A parish church choir at All Saints' Church, Northampton singing Evensong. Most cathedrals of the Church of England, where the service originates, and a number of university college chapels (e.g. in the University of Cambridge, the University of ...
It has been suggested that these Masses were copied at Cardinal College (now Christ Church, Oxford). [7] This college had been founded in 1525 by Cardinal Wolsey , Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor . John Taverner was employed as Master of the Choristers at Cardinal College from 1527 until 1530, and it is possible that the partbooks were begun and ...
The Great Quadrangle, more popularly known as Tom Quad, is one of the quadrangles of Christ Church, Oxford, England. It is the largest college quad in Oxford , measuring 264 by 261 feet. Although it was begun by Cardinal Wolsey in 1525–1529, he was unable to complete it before his fall from power.
The cathedral is the mother church of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford and seat of the Bishop of Oxford. The chapter of canons of the cathedral formed the governing body of the college from its foundation until the Christ Church (Oxford) Act of 1867, by which the Governing Body was expanded to include the Students (academics) in addition ...
Christchurch College or Christ Church College may refer to: Christ Church, Oxford, a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England; Canterbury Christ Church University, Anglican new university in Canterbury, Kent, England; Christ Church College, Matale, a mixed government school located in Matale, Sri Lanka