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The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael, commonly known as Coventry Cathedral, is the seat of the Bishop of Coventry and the Diocese of Coventry within the Church of England. The cathedral is located in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The current acting bishop is Ruth Worsley and the current dean is John Witcombe. The city has had three cathedrals.
St Mary's Priory and Cathedral was a Roman Catholic institution in Coventry, England, founded in the 12th century by transformation of the former monastery of St Mary, and destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the early 16th century.
The Cathedral Church of St Michael was almost completely destroyed in the Coventry Blitz of 1940; its ruins are now a Grade I listed building. There are 19 Grade I listed buildings in the City of Coventry. In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a building or structure of special historical or architectural importance. These buildings are legally protected from demolition, as well as from ...
The lost film shows the first service held in the undercroft of Coventry's then new cathedral. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
(Old) Coventry Cathedral: 88 290 Coventry: Cathedral destroyed in the Coventry Blitz on November 14, 1940; only the tower and spire remain intact. New Cathedral built adjoining old. [9] Architectural height 284 feet. [10] 9 Westminster Cathedral: 87 284 London: Tallest Roman Catholic Cathedral in the country. [11] 10 Grantham, St Wulfram: 87 283
Two of Coventry's three spires; Holy Trinity Church on the left, and the spire of the old ruined cathedral (St. Michael's) on the right. Coventry, a city in the West Midlands, England, grew to become one of the most important cities in England during the Middle Ages due to its booming cloth and textiles trade.
The new Coventry Cathedral was opened in 1962 next to the ruins of the old. It was designed by Sir Basil Spence . The cathedral contains the tapestry Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph by Graham Sutherland .
Coventry Cathedral [2] More images: Ecce Homo: South wall of Coventry Cathedral ruins approx 1969 () Sir Jacob Epstein: Sculpture: Subiaco marble: Coventry Cathedral [2] Christ: Coventry Cathedral ruins: After 1943 () Alain John: Concrete: Coventry Cathedral [2] Choir of Survivors