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Wakefield Cathedral Choir, directed by James Bowstead (Director of Music), consists of boys, girls and adults who perform at the cathedral and have appeared on BBC One's Songs of Praise and BBC Radio 3's Choral Evensong. [25] In 1992 Wakefield Cathedral became only the second cathedral in Britain to accept female choristers. [citation needed]
St John's Square, Wakefield City Centre Church of England II* 1895 Serves the areas to the north of Wakefield City Centre Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin: Wakefield Bridge, Wakefield City Centre Church of England I: c. 1350 Forms part of the structure of Wakefield Bridge St Mary Magdalene's Church Outwood WF1 2DT Church of England 1858 [4]
The Church of Saint John the Baptist in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Wakefield and the Diocese of Wakefield. The church is Grade II* listed and has been since 29 March 1971. St John's is the smaller of the Anglican churches in Wakefield City Centre, the larger being Wakefield ...
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.
After discussions in the mid-1870s as to where a new diocese in the West Riding of Yorkshire should be, Wakefield, with a population of under 30,000, was chosen before Leeds and Bradford and Huddersfield and Halifax. Wakefield was then the county town of the West Riding and had a large medieval church. [2]
Founded in 1869, as a result of the influence of the Oxford Movement, St. Peter's has since continued as a parish in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. Maintains schedule of daily offices (Matins and Evensong) and daily Eucharist; Confessions by appointment; Benediction on major festivals; Latin High Mass once a year on Ascension Day. [citation needed]
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[16] [17] In 2014, they were erected in Thornes Park in Wakefield. [17] The chapel opened for Anglican worship in 1848 and was used as the parish church of the newly formed ecclesiastical district of St Mary until a church was built in 1854. The bridge chapel became a chapel-of-ease and services were held irregularly. St Mary's merged with St ...