Holy Trinity Cathedral is an
cathedral
A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...
of the
Anglican Diocese of New Westminster
The Diocese of New Westminster is one of five dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada. The see city is Vancouver. The current bishop is the Right Reverend John Stephens. He was ...
in
New Westminster
New Westminster (colloquially known as New West) is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as the capita ...
,
British Columbia
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. The parish was established in 1859, with its current building completed in 1902. It is the second-oldest parish in the Diocese of New Westminster by six months, the oldest being Saint John's Maple Ridge.
History
The parish of Holy Trinity Cathedral was established in 1859. In 1892, the cathedral was named as the first cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster. In 1860 a wood-frame church was constructed on the current site. This church was destroyed by fire in 1865. A second church, built of stone, was built in 1867 and occupied roughly the same architectural footprint as the current building. This second church was the first to bear the title of 'Cathedral' and was destroyed in the 1898 fire that swept through what is now downtown New Westminster. The current building for Holy Trinity Cathedral was built from 1899 to 1902.
Holy Trinity has housed the regimental chapel for The
Royal Westminster Regiment
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for 150 years. Prior to that time, the officers of the Royal Engineers attend Holy Trinity; enlisted men attended St. Mary the Virgin.
In 1929, the Archbishop of New Westminster formally named
Christ Church Cathedral in
Vancouver
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as the cathedral church of the diocese.
Cathedral web-site
/ref> Although Holy Trinity was no longer the cathedral church of the diocese, it was permitted to retain the word ''cathedral'' in its name.
See also
*List of cathedrals in Canada
This is a list of cathedrals in Canada, that is, seats of bishops in episcopal denominations, including the Catholic Church, Anglican Church of Canada, Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Alberta
* St. Mary's Cathedra ...
References
External links
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Anglican cathedrals in British Columbia
New Westminster