St Edmundsbury Cathedral | |
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Cathedral Church of St James and St Edmund | |
52°14′38″N 0°43′00″E / 52.243889°N 0.716667°E | |
Location | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Church of England |
Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
Tradition | Liberal Catholic |
Website | https://stedscathedral.org |
History | |
Status | Cathedral |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade I |
Designated | 7 August 1952 |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Romanesque, Gothic, Gothic Revival |
Years built | 11th–16th centuries, 18th–19th centuries, 21st century |
Groundbreaking | 11th century |
Completed | 2007 |
Specifications | |
Number of towers | 1 |
Bells | 12+1 |
Tenor bell weight | 27 long cwt 2 qr 5 lb (3,085 lb or 1,399 kg) |
Administration | |
Province | Canterbury |
Diocese | St Edmundsbury & Ipswich (since 1914) |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | Martin Seeley |
Vicar(s) | vacant; position not in use |
Dean | Joe Hawes |
Subdean | Matthew Vernon (Canon Pastor) |
Precentor | vacant |
Canon(s) | Mike Robinson (Bishops' Chaplain) |
Archdeacon | Sally Gaze ("Rural Mission") |
Laity | |
Director of music | Claudia Grinnell |
Organist(s) | Richard Cook |
St Edmundsbury Cathedral (formally entitled the Cathedral Church of St James and St Edmund)[1] is the cathedral for the Church of England's Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. It is the seat of the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and is in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. Originating in the 11th century, it was rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries as a parish church and became a cathedral in 1914; it has been considerably enlarged in recent decades.