Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (Quebec)

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Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
Location Quebec City, Quebec
Country Canada
Denomination Anglican
Website www.cathedral.ca
History
Dedication Holy Trinity
Consecrated 1804
Architecture
Status Active
Architect(s) Major William Robe and Captain William Hall
Architectural type Palladian
Years built 1800-1804
Specifications
Bells 8
Tenor bell weight 840 kg (1852 lbs)
Official name Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral National Historic Site of Canada
Designated 1989
Type Historic monument
Designated 1989
Administration
Parish Parish of Quebec, Paroisse de Tous les Saints
Diocese Quebec
Province Canada
Clergy
Bishop(s) Rt. Rev Dennis Drainville
Dean The Very Rev'd Christian Schreiner
Laity
Organist(s) Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse
Churchwarden(s) Kevin Fleming, People's Warden
Peter Clibbon, Rector's Warden

The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (French: Sainte-Trinité) is the cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Quebec and home to two parishes: the Parish of Quebec and la Paroisse de Tous les Saints. The Diocese of Quebec was founded in 1793 and its first bishop, Dr. Jacob Mountain, gave his early attention to the erection of a cathedral. The completed building, designed by military officers William Robe and William Hall and built between 1800 and 1804, was consecrated on August 28, 1804. It was the first Anglican cathedral to be built outside of the British Isles.

Overview

When it was formed the Diocese of Quebec covered both Upper and Lower Canada. Today, its territory covers 720,000 km2 in the central and eastern parts of the province of Quebec but does not include the area around Montreal. It has 7,817 Anglicans on the parish rolls in 93 congregations. The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1989 and plaqued in 1993.[1][2] It has also been designated under provincial heritage legislation.[3]

Interior

Designed in the neoclassic Palladian style, the Cathedral was modeled after the St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in Trafalgar Square, London, and the Marylebone Chapel (now known as St Peter, Vere Street). King George III paid for the construction of the Cathedral and provided a folio Bible, communion silverware and large prayer books to be used for worship.

The bell-tower is home to 8 bells, founded by Whitechapel in 1830, and are the oldest change-ringing peal in Canada. Due to deterioration, they were brought down in 2006, sent to Whitechapel in London for retuning, and reinstalled in April 2007.

Architectural elements of the interior

  • Interior

  • Québec - Sainte-Trinité 03.jpg

    Side aisle

  • Québec - Sainte-Trinité 01.jpg

    Nave

  • Altar of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Quebec City.JPG

    Altar

  • Window behind altar in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Quebec.JPG

    Main window

  • Québec - Sainte-Trinité 02.jpg

    Organ

References

  1. ↑ http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/lhn-nhs/det_E.asp?oqSID=0691&oqeName=Holy+Trinity+Anglican+Cathedral&oqfName=Cath%E9drale+anglicane+Holy+Trinity Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral
  2. ↑ Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
  3. ↑ Cathédrale Holy Trinity. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2011-09-07.

External links

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