Christ Church Cathedral | |
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Nelson Anglican Cathedral | |
41°16′34″S 173°17′02″E / 41.27611°S 173.28389°E | |
Address | 1 Trafalgar Square, Nelson |
Country | New Zealand |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | nelsoncathedral |
History | |
Status | Cathedral |
Founded | August 1925 |
Dedicated |
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Consecrated | 14 April 1972 by Bishop Peter Sutton |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Modernist Gothic Revival |
Years built | 1925 – 1965 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 350 people |
Length | 58 metres (190 ft) |
Width | 27 metres (89 ft) |
Height | 35 metres (115 ft) |
Administration | |
Province | Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia |
Diocese | Nelson |
Parish | Nelson Central |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | Steve Maina |
Dean | Dr Graham O'Brien |
Christ Church Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral church at 1 Trafalgar Square, Nelson, New Zealand. The cathedral serves as the seat for the Bishop of Nelson, currently Steve Maina, and is the mother church for the Diocese of Nelson of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.
With seating for 350 people, the cathedral was completed in the Modernist Gothic Revival style,[1] and is 58 metres (190 ft) in length and 27 metres (89 ft) wide. The tower is 35 metres (115 ft) high.[2]