The Cathedral Church of St. John is an
Episcopal
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*Of or relating to a bishop, an overseer in the Christian church
*Episcopate, the see of a bishop – a diocese
*Episcopal Church (disambiguation), any church with "Episcopal" in its name
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cathedral located in
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...
,
United States. It is the seat of the
Diocese of the Rio Grande. In 2018 the cathedral church was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places.
History
St. John's was established in 1882.
Land was purchased at the southeast corner of Fourth Street and Silver Avenue for $5,000 and the first church building was built that same year.
It was a
Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
building built from red Arizona sandstone and brick with a corner
bell tower
A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a Christian church, and will contain church bells, but there are also many secular bell tower ...
. The first service, led by Bishop George Kelly Dunlop, was held in November 1882 with 33 people in attendance. The
Vestry of St. John's passed a resolution and the Convocation of 1920 approved the designation of St. John's as the cathedral church of the Missionary District of New Mexico and Southwest Texas for a one-year trial. Three years later new canons were adopted and the designation became official.
Henry R.A. O’Malley became
dean and raised $25,000 for the Cathedral House, which was to house offices for the parish and the Missionary District.
[ It was designed by Santa Fe architect John Gaw Meem and its cornerstone was placed on Easter Sunday, 1930. Meem was retained in 1950 to design the new cathedral to replace the old church. Meem's design preserved the front and side entrances and bell tower from the old church while adding a much larger nave, executed in a modern Gothic style using brick and reclaimed stone. The groundbreaking was held the day after Easter in 1951 and the first services in the new cathedral were held on October 5, 1952. It was dedicated on November 11, 1952.
Anne Tropeano, who was from New Mexico, was ordained by the woman priest movement here,]
See also
* List of the Episcopal cathedrals of the United States
* List of cathedrals in the United States
References
External links
Cathedral website
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Religious organizations established in 1882
Churches completed in 1952
Gothic Revival church buildings in New Mexico
Episcopal church buildings in New Mexico
John, Albuquerque
Churches in Albuquerque, New Mexico
National Register of Historic Places in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico