Cathedral of St Michael and St George | |
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33°18′36″S 26°31′36″E / 33.31000°S 26.52667°E | |
Location | Makhanda, Eastern Cape |
Country | South Africa |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | grahamstowncathedral |
History | |
Founded | 1824 |
Founder(s) | John Armstrong |
Consecrated | 21 September 1850 |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | George Gilbert Scott and John Oldrid Scott |
Style | Victorian neo-gothic |
Completed | 1952 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 500 |
Length | 91 feet (28 m)[1] |
Width | 58 feet (18 m)[1] |
Height | 60 feet (18 m)[1] |
Number of spires | 1 |
Spire height | 150 feet (46 m)[1] |
Materials | Stone |
Administration | |
Province | Southern Africa |
Diocese | Diocese of Grahamstown |
Archdeaconry | Grahamstown |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | Vacant |
Dean | Mzinzisi Dyantyi |
Assistant priest(s) | Lunga Dongwana, Luthando Madiba |
Deacon(s) | Siphokazi Njokweni |
Laity | |
Director of music | Cameron Luke |
Organ scholar | Jonathan Hughes |
Music group(s) | The Choir of The Cathedral of St Michael and St George The St Michael's Marimba Band |
Parish administrator | Lou-Anne Liebenberg |
The Cathedral of St Michael and St George is the home of the Anglican Diocese of Grahamstown in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is the episcopal seat of the Bishop of Grahamstown. The cathedral is located on Church Square and has the tallest spire in South Africa 176 feet (54 m).[2] The cathedral is dedicated to St Michael and St George and celebrates its patronal festival on the Sunday closest to Michaelmas (29 September).