Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit, Guildford, commonly known as Guildford Cathedral, is the Anglican cathedral in Guildford, Surrey, England. Earl Onslow donated the first 6 acres (2.4 ha) of land on which the cathedral stands, with Viscount Bennett, a former Prime Minister of Canada, purchasing the remaining land and donating it to the cathedral in 1947.
Holy Trinity Church was initially used as the cathedral for the new Diocese of Guildford, but it was judged too small for the task, and in 1928 the diocese decided to build a new cathedral. Work began in 1933, but the Second World War delayed the construction considerably, and it was not consecrated until 1961, although services had been held ...
According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, 137,183 people lived in the borough of Guildford.Of these, 60.23% identified themselves as Christian, 1.98% were Muslim, 0.95% were Hindu, 0.61% were Buddhist, 0.23% were Jewish, 0.15% were Sikh, 0.34% followed another religion, 27.78% claimed no religious affiliation and 7.73% did not state their religion.
Guildford Cathedral. The Diocese of Guildford is a Church of England diocese covering eight and half of the eleven districts in Surrey, much of north-east Hampshire and a parish in Greater London. The cathedral is Guildford Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Guildford. Of the two provinces of the church, it is in the Province of Canterbury.
Also included are those structures or sites of intended cathedrals as well as pro-cathedrals, which are churches serving as an interim cathedral, (for instance whilst a permanent cathedral is acquired), or as a co-cathedral where the diocesan demographics/geography require the bishop's seat to be shared with a building in another location.
Guildford Cathedral: Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit Anglican Canterbury 1936 1961 1965 NK NK NK NK N/A 48.8 77 4 Rushworth and Dreaper Hereford Cathedral: Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin and St Ethelbert
People wait to enter a public area to watch the reopening service ceremony of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, December 7, 2024. Contributing: Ahjané Forbes and Kim Hjelmgaard, USA ...
Perhaps his best known buildings are Guildford Cathedral and the Air Forces Memorial. He was a recipient of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture in 1944 and, in 1954, received a knighthood for services to the Imperial War Graves Commission , with which he was associated from 1943 until his death.