St Columb's Cathedral

St Columb's Cathedral
St Columb's Cathedral, Derry

Cathedral Church of St Columb, Derry City

Coordinates: 54°59′38″N 7°19′23″W / 54.99389°N 7.32306°W / 54.99389; -7.32306
Denomination Church of Ireland
Website St Columb's Cathedral
History
Dedication St Columba
Administration
Diocese Derry and Raphoe
Province Armagh
Clergy
Dean The Very Rev. Dr. William W Morton
Canon(s) Rev. J. C. D. Mayes
Prebendary The Ven. Donald S McLean, B.
Laity
Organist(s) Ian Kenneth Mills
St Columb's Cathedral, August 2009

St Columb's Cathedral in the walled city of Derry, Northern Ireland is the mother church of the Church of Ireland Diocese of Derry and Raphoe and the parish church of Templemore.

It is dedicated to Saint Columba, the Ulster monk who established a Christian settlement in the area before being exiled from Ireland and introducing Christianity to Scotland and northern England.

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History

It was completed in 1633 by William Parrot, in the Planter's Gothic style. In the porch is an inscription:

If stones could speake
then London's prayse
should sound who
built this church and
cittie from the grounde.[1]

St. Columb's has in its possession many documents dating back from the Siege of Derry. They have portraits of William of Orange and the original keys of the city.

The Cathedral also contains a memorial to Valentine Munbee McMaster VC.

Services

The cathedral has three Sunday services, 8:00am Early Morning Eucharist, 11:00am Sung Eucharist (1st and 3rd Sundays of the month), Matins (All other Sundays of the month), 10:00am Family Service (4th Sunday of the month) and 4:00pm Choral Evensong.

On weekdays Morning Prayer is celebrated Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 10:30am and on Tuesdays Holy Communion is celebrated with intercessions for the sick.

The cathedral is served by the Dean - Very Reverend William Morton and a Curate Assistant Canon Reverend John Merrick.

Organists

  • 1878-1911 Daniel Jones
  • 1912-1914 Sydney Weale
  • 1914-1921 Richard Henry Coleman
  • 1921-1948 John T Frankland
  • 1948-1968 Michael H Franklin
  • 1968-1971 Neil Wade
  • 1971 Ian Barber
  • 1972-1980 Michael Hoeg
  • 1981-1982 Marc Rochester
  • 1982-1988 William West
  • 1988-1990? Alexander Best
  • 1990-1991 William West
  • 1991-2001 Timothy Allen
  • 2002-2004 Jonathan Lane
  • 2005- Ian Kenneth Mills

Burials

References

External links


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