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St. George's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Georgetown, Guyana. The church is of Gothic revival timber construction and reaches a height of 43.5 metres (143 ft). It is the seat of the Bishop of Guyana. St. George's was designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield and opened on 24 August 1892. The building was completed in 1899.
St George's Cathedral, Georgetown Arms of the Diocese. The Anglican Diocese of Guyana is one of eight within the Province of the West Indies. [1] Its cathedral is St. George's Cathedral, Georgetown. The diocese came into being on 24 August 1842, when William Austin (1842–1892) was consecrated as the first bishop.
Around the western-central area is Independence Square and Promenade Gardens, the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology, the National Library (built by Andrew Carnegie), the Bank of Guyana, Company Path Garden, the National Museum of Guyana and State House (built 1852) where the president resides, St. George's Anglican Cathedral and the Red House.
In 2015, a project to restore St. George's Cathedral was embarked upon by the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Guyana. [6] Promotion and conservation efforts are done through publications and exhibitions, including a radio program called ‘Heritage Minute’. [3]
James Orlando Clement was the Dean of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana from 1976 [1] until 1983. He was ordained in 1950 after a period of study at Codrington College, Barbados. [2] He began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Montserrat before being appointed Vicar of St George’s in the same country in 1952.
Derek Hugh Goodrich (15 July 1927 – 6 September 2021) was an Anglican priest who was the Dean of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana, from 1984 [1] to 1993. [2] Born in July 1927, [3] Goodrich was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge (BA 1948, MA 1954). [4] He was ordained deacon in 1953 and priest in 1953 after studying at St Stephen ...
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The Very Reverend John Kenneth Young (5 January 1914 – 15 June 1991) was the Dean of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana from 1948 until 1957. [1] Born in 1914, he was educated at Clare College, Cambridge , ordained in 1939 after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon and began his career with curacies at St James, West Hartlepool ...