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St Peter's was originally envisaged as the parish church for the expanding post-Famine Catholic population of Belfast. The site was provided by a wealthy Belfast flour merchant and philanthropist, [4] Bernard Hughes [5] while the church was designed by Fr Jeremiah Ryan McAuley, who had trained as an architect before he became a priest. [6]
St Peter's has had seven rectors since its consecration in 1900: The Very Rev'd Henry Brett (incumbent 1900 - 1926) who subsequently became Archdeacon of Connor and thereafter Dean of St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast. The Very Rev'd Dr Richard Breen (incumbent 1926 - 1963) who became concurrently Dean of Connor.
St Fergus (died 583) is named as first Bishop of Down. The Diocese of Connor was founded in 480 by St Macnissi, and St Malachy was bishop there (1124). The dioceses of Down and Connor were permanently joined in 1439.
The tallest free standing and occupied structure is the Harland and Wolf shipbuilding gantry crane Samson at 106 m (348 ft). The tallest chimney is the Belfast City Hospital chimney at 95 m (312 ft). The tallest church is Belfast (St. Anne's) Cathedral at 80 m (260 ft). The tallest clock is the Albert Memorial Clock at 34.4 m (112 ft 10 in).
Belfast Cathedral may refer to: St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast, the Roman Catholic cathedral; St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, the Church of Ireland cathedral
Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony, Crawley; Our Lady and St Peter's Church, East Grinstead; Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Bognor Regis; St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster; Sacred Heart Church, Petworth; St Richard of Chichester Church, Chichester; St Peter's Church, Shoreham-by-Sea; Shrine Church of Our Lady of Consolation and St Francis
The National Cathedral is not a cathedral of the Diocese of Dublin. It has a common relationship with all the dioceses of the Church of Ireland 53°20′22″N 6°16′17″W / 53.339444°N 6.271417°W / 53.339444; -6.271417 ( St. Patrick's Cathedral
St Paul's Church is located opposite the hospitals on the corner of Cavendish Street. It was built as a chapel of ease to St Peter's Cathedral and celebrated its first Mass in July 1887. [98] St.Paul's was raised from "a district of St Peters" to the status of a parish in 1905. [99] Broadway Presbyterian Church opened in 1891 but closed in 1982.