St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town

St George's Cathedral
Cathedral And Metropolitical Church of Saint George the Martyr
St. George's Cathedral, north transept.
St. George's Cathedral, north transept.
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CountryCape Town, South Africa
DenominationAnglican Church of Southern Africa
ChurchmanshipAnglo-Catholic
Websitewww.sgcathedral.co.za
History
StatusCathedral
Founded22 August 1901 (1901-08-22)
DedicationSt. George
Past bishop(s)Desmond Tutu
Robert Gray
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationProvincial Heritage Site
Architect(s)Herbert Baker
Architectural typeGothic
StyleGothic
Specifications
Bells10 Bells (Change ringing)
Administration
ProvinceSouthern Africa
ArchdioceseCape Town
ArchdeaconryCathedral
ParishParish of Cape Town
Clergy
ArchbishopThabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Town
Bishop(s)Joshua Louw, Bishop of Table Bay[1]
Vicar(s)Mlamli Mfenyana
DeanVacant, Dean Of Cape Town
Canon MissionerNeil-Alan Walsh
Assistant priest(s)Shaun Cozett
Laity
Organist(s)Grant Bräsler
VergerGregory Coetzee

St George's Cathedral (also referred to as The Cathedral Church of St George the Martyr) is the Anglican cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, and the seat of the Archbishop of Cape Town. St. George's Cathedral is both the metropolitical church of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and a congregation in the Diocese of Cape Town.

The cathedral was designed by Sir Herbert Baker and the first stones of the foundation were laid in 1901.[2] The cathedral replaced an incomplete church that was originally built at that site.

  1. ^ "New Bishop of Table Bay elected – Anglican Church of Southern Africa". anglicanchurchsa.org. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  2. ^ Elphick 1997, p. 333.