St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral | |
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Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption | |
55°57′22″N 3°11′16″W / 55.9561°N 3.1877°W | |
Location | Edinburgh |
Country | Scotland |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website | stmaryscathedral |
History | |
Former name(s) | Chapel of St Mary's (1814) |
Status | Metropolitan Cathedral (of the Province of St Andrews and Edinburgh) |
Dedication | Our Lady of the Assumption |
Consecrated | 1814 |
Associated people | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle christened; under Charles Hargitt The Edinburgh Royal Choral Union (1858), under Arthur Oldham The Edinburgh Festival Chorus and The Scottish Opera Chorus were founded with a nucleus from the Cathedral Choir. |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Listed B |
Architect(s) | James Gillespie Graham |
Style | Neo-Gothic |
Completed | 1814 |
Administration | |
Province | St Andrews and Edinburgh |
Archdiocese | St Andrews and Edinburgh |
Clergy | |
Archbishop | Leo Cushley |
Deacon(s) | Rev. Peter Traynor[1] |
Laity | |
Director of music | Michael Ferguson |
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, also known as St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh and the mother church of Scots Catholicism.[2] The cathedral church is located at the East End of New Town in the city center.