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. Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Waterford, it is now one of six cathedrals in the United Dioceses of Cashel and Ossory.

Ecclesiastical history

The first church on the site was built in the 11th century. In 1170 it was the venue for the marriage of

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("Strongbow"), and Aoife Ní Diarmait. This was replaced in 1210 by a

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. Since Christ Church Cathedral was subject to the Protestant Reformation,

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adherents were consequently obliged to worship elsewhere. In the 18th century, the city corporation recommended that the bishop erect a new building. The architect was

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, who was responsible also for the Catholic cathedral and for much of Georgian Waterford. During the demolition of the old cathedral, a series of

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s were discovered in 1773. They were presented by the then Anglican bishop, the Rt Revd Richard Chenevix, to his Roman Catholic counterpart, the Most Revd Peter Creagh, and are now kept in the Museum of Treasures in Waterford and the National Museum in Dublin. The present building has been described by architectural historian Mark Girouard as the finest 18th century ecclesiastical building in Ireland.

Burials

* Michael Boyle (the elder),

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(1619-1635)

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Ecclesiastical history

Burials

See also

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