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St George's Cathedral (also referred to as The Cathedral Church of St George the Martyr) is the Anglican cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, and the seat of the Archbishop of Cape Town. St. George's Cathedral is both the metropolitical church of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and a congregation in the Diocese of Cape Town.
The cathedral, believed to be the oldest Greek Orthodox church in Africa, [3] is a Neoclassical church built as St George's Church in 1903–1904 by the Greek community. [4] The interior is noted for its frescoes in the Byzantine style. [1] In 1968 the church was elevated to the status of cathedral. [4]
His seat is St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town. [1] Desmond Tutu was archbishop from 1986 to 1996 and was archbishop-emeritus until his death in 2021. [2]
St George's Cathedral Cathedral Church of St George the Martyr: Diocese of Cape Town: 1834 Current building dates to 1901 Bloemfontein Cathedral [1] Cathedral of St Andrew and St Michael: Diocese of the Free State: 1850 Current building dates to 1885
The cathedral was re-roofed in 1964 and the roof tiles above the Lady Chapel and the two transepts were replaced in 1988. The cornerstone of the chapter house was laid in September 1978. THE CATHEDRAL TIMELINE [2] [3] 1848. Decision taken to raise money for church building. Bishop Gray and his wife Sophy arrived in Cape Town.
The large ornate lectern still in use in St Michael and St George Cathedral. The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel had voted £500 in 1820 for the erection of a church in Cape Town, this gift was declined by the Governor, Lord Charles Somerset.
St. George's Grammar School is a private co-educational day school located in Mowbray, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.It was historically the cathedral school attached to St. George's Cathedral, having been founded in 1848 by Robert Gray, the first Anglican Bishop of Cape Town. [2]
St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town; Cathedral of St Andrew and St Michael, Bloemfontein; Cathedral of St Michael and All Angels, Eshowe; Cathedral of the Resurrection ...