| St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of St Chad | |
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  St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham Shown within West Midlands | |
| 52°29′08″N 1°53′55″W / 52.4855°N 1.8986°W | |
| Location | Birmingham, West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Website | stchadscathedral.org.uk |
| History | |
| Consecrated | 1841 |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* listed |
| Designated | 25 April 1952 |
| Architect(s) | Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Years built | 1839–1841 |
| Administration | |
| Province | Birmingham |
| Diocese | Birmingham (since 1850) |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | Bernard Longley |
| Dean | Timothy Menezes |
| Laity | |
| Director of music | David Saint |
| Organist(s) | Nigel Morris |
| Organ scholar | Dylan McCaig |
The Metropolitan Cathedral Church and Basilica of Saint Chad is a Catholic cathedral in Birmingham, England. It is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Birmingham and is dedicated to Saint Chad of Mercia.
Designed by Augustus Welby Pugin and substantially complete by 1841, St Chad's is one of the first four Catholic churches constructed after the English Reformation and was raised to cathedral status in 1852.[1] It is one of only four minor basilicas in England (the others being Downside Abbey, the National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham and Corpus Christi Priory).
St Chad's is a Grade II* listed building[2] and is located in a public greenspace near St Chad's Queensway, in central Birmingham. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Birmingham, currently Bernard Longley, and the dean is Monsignor Timothy Menezes.
- ^ Decree of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, 21 April 1852. The other churches raised to cathedrals by this decree were St George's, Southwark, St Barnabas, Nottingham and St John's, Salford: Decreta Quatuor Conciliorum Provincialium Westmonasteriensium, (2nd Edn, London: Burns & Oates), p.56; translation in: Robert Guy OSB, The Synods in English (Stratford-on-Avon: St Gregory Press, 1886) p.101.
- ^ Historic England. "Grade II* (1220729)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 September 2009.