List of cathedrals in England and Wales

This is a list of cathedrals in England and Wales and the Crown Dependencies of the Isle of Man, Gibraltar and those in the Channel Islands, by country. A list of former and intended cathedrals is listed separately.

A cathedral church is a Christian place of worship that is the chief, or 'mother' church of a diocese and is distinguished as such by being the location for the cathedra or bishop's seat. In the strictest sense, only those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy possess cathedrals. However the label 'cathedral' remains in common parlance for notable churches that were formerly part of an episcopal denomination.

It is a common misconception that the term 'cathedral' may be applied to any particularly large or grand church. Whilst many cathedrals may be such, this is due to their ecclesiastical status. Such a church is grand because it is a cathedral, rather than it being designated a cathedral because of its grandeur. A cathedral may in fact be a relatively small building, particularly where they exist in sparser or poorer communities. Modern cathedrals frequently lack the grandeur of those of the Medieval and Renaissance times, having more focus on the functional aspect of a place of worship. However, many of the grand and ancient cathedrals that remain today were originally built to much smaller plans, and have been successively extended and rebuilt over the centuries.

Some cathedrals were purpose-built as such, whilst others were formerly parochial, or parish churches, subsequently promoted in status due to ecclesiastical requirements such as periodic diocesan reorganisation.

Contents of this list

The following list comprises, for England and Wales and its dependencies, all locations of current cathedral churches, or former cathedral churches, including those locations where no trace remains of the structure, indeed where the precise location is no longer known.

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.

The inclusion of dependencies is strictly for ecclesiastical reasons—the included dependencies are those that share a province with the mainland of England and Wales.

Terms not covered in the above preamble include translated, which is the move of a bishop's seat from one location to another, moving cathedral status from the former church and bestowing it on the destination church, such as may occur in a diocesan or provincial re-organisation.

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London

Norwich

Oxford

Peterborough

Portsmouth

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Southwark

Truro

Wells

Winchester

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Blackburn

Bradford

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Chester

Durham

Liverpool

Manchester

Newcastle

Peel

Ripon

Sheffield

Southwell

Wakefield

York

Church of England cathedrals in England and the Isle of Man

Brentwood

Norwich

Northampton

Nottingham

Westminster

Birmingham

Clifton

Shrewsbury

Lancaster

Leeds

Liverpool

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Salford

Sheffield

Arundel

Plymouth

Portsmouth

Southwark

Aldershot

Roman Catholic cathedrals in England

England and dependencies

Main article: Architecture of the medieval cathedrals of England

Church of England

Province of Canterbury

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	Birmingham Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Philip	Diocese of Birmingham	1905
	former parish church		[1]
	Bristol Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity	Diocese of Bristol	1542–1836, 1897
	Augustinian abbey 1140–1539		[2]
	Bury St Edmunds Cathedral Cathedral Church of St James	Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich	1914
	former parish church		[3]
	Canterbury Cathedral Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ	Diocese of Canterbury	c. 600
	Mother church of the Province of Canterbury and of the Anglican Communion worldwide		[4]
	Chelmsford Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Mary, St Peter and St Cedd	Diocese of Chelmsford	1914
	former parish church		[5]
	Chichester Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity	Diocese of Chichester	1080
	translated from Selsey		[6]
150px	Coventry Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Michael	Diocese of Coventry	1962
	replaced the cathedral (parish church till 1918) lost during World War II		[7]
	Derby Cathedral Cathedral Church of All Saints	Diocese of Derby	1927
	former parish church		[8]
	Ely Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity	Diocese of Ely	1109
	convent (with monastery?) 673–9th century secular canons 9th century; Benedictine priory 970–1540 formerly dedicated to St Peter and St Etheldreda		[9]
150px	Exeter Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Peter	Diocese of Exeter	1050
	translated from Crediton		[10]
150px	Gibraltar Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity	Diocese in Europe	1842
	church built between 1825 and 1832
	Gloucester Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Holy and Indivisible Trinity	Diocese of Gloucester	1541
	joint with Bristol Cathedral 1836–1897 monastery and convent 681; secular canons 823; Benedictine priory 1022–1539 formerly dedicated to St Peter		[11]
	Guildford Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit	Diocese of Guildford	1965
			[12]
	Hereford Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin and St Ethelbert	Diocese of Hereford	676
			[13]
150px	Leicester Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Martin	Diocese of Leicester	1927
	former parish church		[14]
	Lichfield Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Chad	Diocese of Lichfield	669–803, 1048
	archbishopric 785–803 see moved to Chester 1075 joint with Coventry 1048–1826 The three spires known as The Ladies of the Vale		[15]
	Lincoln Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Mary	Diocese of Lincoln	1070
	joint with Dorchester c.954–1072 translated from Dorchester 1072		[16]
150px	London Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Paul	Diocese of London	1675
	replaced previous cathedral 604–1666 (destroyed in Great Fire of London)		[17]
	Norwich Cathedral Cathedral Church of Holy and Undivided Trinity	Diocese of Norwich	1094
	translated from Thetford; Benedictine priory 1096–1539		[18]
	Oxford Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Christ, Oxford (Christ Church, University of Oxford)	Diocese of Oxford	1542
	translated from Osney 1546 convent 727 secular canons 1004 Augustinian priory 1122–1524 formerly dedicated to St Frideswide		[19]
	Peterborough Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew	Diocese of Peterborough	1541
	abbey 655 church 1238–1539		[20]
	Portsmouth Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Thomas	Diocese of Portsmouth	1927
	former parish church		[21]
150px	Rochester Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary	Diocese of Rochester	604
	secular canons 604–1080 Benedictine priory 1080–1540 formerly dedicated to St Andrew		[22]
	St Albans Cathedral Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban	Diocese of St Albans	1877
	Benedictine abbey 976–1539		[23]
150px	Salisbury Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary	Diocese of Salisbury	1227
	translated from Old Sarum		[24]
150px	Southwark Cathedral Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie	Diocese of Southwark	1905
	Augustinian priory 1106–1539		[25]
150px	Truro Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Mary	Diocese of Truro	1880
	incorporates former parish church		[26]
	Wells Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Andrew	Diocese of Bath and Wells	1239
			[27]
	Winchester Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, St Peter, St Paul and St Swithun	Diocese of Winchester	650
	secular canons to 964 Benedictine priory 964–1539		[28]
	Worcester Cathedral Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary	Diocese of Worcester	743
	Benedictine priory 969–1540		[29]

Province of York

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	Blackburn Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Mary	Diocese of Blackburn	1926
	former parish church		[30]
150px	Bradford Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Peter	Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales Diocese of Bradford (1919–2014)	1919
	former parish church		[31]
	Carlisle Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity	Diocese of Carlisle	1113
	secular canons to 1092 Augustinian priory 1123–1540		[32]
	Chester Cathedral Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary	Diocese of Chester	1541
	convent? to 875 secular canons from 907 Benedictine abbey 1093–1540 originally dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, then to St Werburgh		[33]
	Durham Cathedral Cathedral Church of Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Cuthbert	Diocese of Durham	997
	secular canons 997 Benedictine priory 1093–1540 originally dedicated to St Mary and St Cuthbert		[34]
	Liverpool Cathedral Cathedral Church of Christ	Diocese of Liverpool	1904
			[35]
150px	Manchester Cathedral Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George	Diocese of Manchester	1847
	former collegiate parish church (1421)		[36]
	Newcastle Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Nicholas	Diocese of Newcastle	1882
	former parish church		[37]
150px	Peel Cathedral Cathedral Church of St German	Diocese of Sodor and Man	1980
	former Parish Church, built between 1879 and 1884, spire removed 1907 became cathedral in 1980 after several attempts to restore the ruined cathedral on St Patrick's Isle came to no avail although the diocese is in the Province of York, the Isle of Man is, strictly speaking, not part of the United Kingdom		[38]
	Ripon Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid	Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales Diocese of Ripon (1836–2014; "Ripon and Leeds", 1999–2014)	1836
	monastery pre-660 later collegiate with secular canons (10th century?)		[39]
150px	Sheffield Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul	Diocese of Sheffield	1914
	former parish church		[40]
150px	Southwell Minster Cathedral and Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary	Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham	1884
	collegiate with secular canons to 1840		[41]
	Wakefield Cathedral Cathedral Church of All Saints	Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales (2014–present) Diocese of Wakefield (1888–2014)	1888
	former parish church		[42]
	York Minster Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter	Diocese of York	300
	Mother church of the Province of York		[43]

Roman Catholic Church

Province of Westminster

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
150px	Brentwood Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Helen	Diocese of Brentwood	1917
	parish church 1861		[44]
	Norwich Cathedral Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist	Diocese of East Anglia	1976
			[45]
150px	Northampton Cathedral Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury	Diocese of Northampton	1850
	formerly the parish church of St Felix		[46]
	Nottingham Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Barnabas	Diocese of Nottingham	1850
			[47]
	Westminster Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Most Holy Blood, St Mary, St Joseph and St Peter	Archdiocese of Westminster	1910
	Mother church of the Province of Westminster		[48]

Province of Birmingham

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	Birmingham Cathedral Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Chad	Archdiocese of Birmingham	1839
	Mother church of the Province of Birmingham pro-cathedral 1839–1841		[49]
	Clifton Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul	Diocese of Clifton	1973
	preceded by The Pro-Cathedral of the Apostles		[50]
150px	Shrewsbury Cathedral Cathedral Church of Our Lady Help of Christians and St Peter Alcantara	Diocese of Shrewsbury	1850
			[51]

Province of Liverpool

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	Lancaster Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Peter	Diocese of Lancaster	1924
			[52]
150px	Leeds Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Anne	Diocese of Leeds	1878
	rebuilt 1904 after original site used for road-widening		[53]
	Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ the King	Archdiocese of Liverpool	1967
	preceded by two earlier unfinished cathedrals		[54]
150px	Middlesbrough Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Mary	Diocese of Middlesbrough	1983
	translated to Coulby Newham from Middlesbrough town centre		[55]
150px	Newcastle Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Mary	Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle	1882
			[56]
	Salford Cathedral Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist	Diocese of Salford	1850
			[57]
	Sheffield Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Marie	Diocese of Hallam	1980
			[58]

Province of Southwark

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	Arundel Cathedral Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St Philip Howard	Diocese of Arundel and Brighton	1965
	formerly (to 1971) dedicated to Our Lady and St Philip Neri		[59]
	Plymouth Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Boniface	Diocese of Plymouth	1858
			[60]
150px	Portsmouth Cathedral Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist	Diocese of Portsmouth	1882
			[61]
	Southwark Cathedral Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St George	Archdiocese of Southwark	1850
	Mother church of the Province of Southwark		[62]

Bishopric of the Forces

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
150px	Aldershot Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Michael and St George	Bishopric of the Forces	1972
	Cathedral built by Sir Robert Lorimer 1892/3 initially for the Anglican chaplaincies of the British Army

Ukrainian Catholic Church

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	London Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Holy Family in Exile	Eparchy of Holy Family of London	1968
	former Congregational church (the "King's Weigh House" Congregational Church)		[63]

Diocese of Gibraltar

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	Gibraltar Cathedral Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned	Diocese of Gibraltar	1462

Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches

Antiochian Orthodox Church

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
150px	London Cathedral NW1 Cathedral Church of St George	Diocese of Western Europe	1989
	1a Redhill Street, NW1 4BG

Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
150px	Manchester Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Nicholas
	2 Hall Moss Road, Blackley, Manchester M9 7AT

Coptic Orthodox Church

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
150px	St. George's Cathedral, Stevenage Cathedral Church of St George		2002

Greek Orthodox Church

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
150px	St Andrew's Cathedral, Birmingham Cathedral Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God and St Andrew	Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
	8 Arthur Place, Summerhill, B1 3DA former Church of England parish church
	Leicester Orthodox Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Nicholas and St Xenophon	Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
	Aylestone Road, Leicester, LE2 7NW former Church of England parish church of All Souls
	Camden Town Cathedral Cathedral Church of All Saints	Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain	1991
	Camden Town, NW1 0JA
	London Orthodox Cathedral Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Sophia	Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain	1922
	Westminster, W2 4LQ consecrated 5 January 1882, mother church of the Greek Orthodox church in Great Britain
150px	London Orthodox Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God	Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
	Wood Green, N22 8LB
150px	London Orthodox Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God	Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
	Camberwell, SE5 0TF
150px	London Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Andrew	Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain	1970
	Kentish Town, NW1 9QA
150px	London Orthodox Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Nicholas	Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
	Shepherds Bush, W12 8JW
150px	London Orthodox Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross and St Michael	Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
	Golders Green, NW11 8DA

Russian Orthodox Church

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
150px	London Orthodox Cathedral SW7 Cathedral Church of the Dormition and All Saints	Diocese of Sourozh
	Ennismore Gardens, SW7 1NH
150px	London Orthodox Cathedral W4 Cathedral of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God and Holy Royal Martyrs	Diocese of Great Britain and Ireland (ROCOR)	1999
	57 Harvard Road, Hounslow, W4 4ED

Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
150px	London Cathedral W3 Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Transfiguration of our Saviour
	1a Newton Avenue, London, W3 8AJ

Other churches

Ancient Catholic Church

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
150px	Stamford Hill Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Good Shepherd

Ancient and Old Catholic Church

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
150px	Newcastle upon Tyne Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Willibrord and All Saints

Anglican Catholic Church

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	Pro-Cathedral Church of St Augustine, Canterbury, Kent	Diocese of the United Kingdom	2008 [64]
	pro-cathedral

Holy Catholic Church (Anglican Rite)

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	Stoke-on-Trent Cathedral Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Grace
	Newport Lane, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 3NA former Methodist church, translated from Madeley Heath

Liberal Catholic Church

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	Putney Cathedral Pro-Cathedral Church of All Saints		[65]
	pro-cathedral

Traditional Church of England

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	Windlesham Cathedral Cathedral Church of St George

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Wales

Church in Wales

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	Bangor Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Deiniol	Diocese of Bangor	456
	secular canons 1092		[66]
	Brecon Cathedral Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist	Diocese of Swansea and Brecon	1923
	Benedictine priory 1093/1110-1538		[67]
150px	Llandaff Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul, St. Dyfrig, St. Telio and St. Euddogwy	Diocese of Llandaff	550
	monastery, secular canons 1107		[68]
150px	Newport Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Woolos	Diocese of Monmouth	1921 as co-cathedral; 1949 as cathedral
	former parish church		[69]
150px	St Asaph Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Asaph	Diocese of St Asaph	553
	monastery, secular canons 1143		[70]
150px	St David's Cathedral Cathedral Church of St David	Diocese of St David's	580
	secular canons 1116 originally dedicated to St Andrew and St David		[71]

Roman Catholic Church

Province of Cardiff

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
150px	Cardiff Cathedral Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St David	Archdiocese of Cardiff	1916
			[72]
150px	Swansea Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Joseph	Diocese of Menevia	1987
	church opened in 1888, located in Convent Street, Greenhill, SA1 2BX		[73]
	Wrexham Cathedral Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Sorrows	Diocese of Wrexham	1907
	parish church 1847 pro-cathedral 1907–1987		[74]

See also

• List of cathedrals
• List of cathedrals in Ireland
• List of cathedrals in Scotland
• List of abbeys and priories in the United Kingdom
• List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland
• List of tallest church towers
• Architecture of the medieval cathedrals of England
• Religion in the United Kingdom
• Three-spired cathedrals in the United Kingdom
• Parish Church of St Helier (Pro-Cathedral of the Channel Islands)
• List of former cathedrals in the United Kingdom

References

• Edwards, David L. (1989) The Cathedrals of Britain. Norwich: Pitkin Pictorials
• Fawcett, Richard (1997) Scottish Cathedrals. London: B. T. Batsford / Historic Scotland
• Galloway, Peter (2000) The Cathedrals of Scotland. Dalkeith: Scottish Cultural Press ISBN 1-84017-026-3
• New, Anthony S. B. (1972) The Observer’s Book of Cathedrals. London: Frederick Warne & Co.
• Pepin, David (1994) Discovering Cathedrals. Aylesbury: Shire Publications
• Platten, Stephen (1999) Cathedrals & Abbeys of England. Norwich: Jarrold
• Thorold, Henry (1986) Collins Guide To Cathedrals, Abbeys and Priories of England and Wales. London: Collins
• BBC (2012) England's lesser-known Cathedrals. http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/0/19077358

External links

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