St. John's Cathedral, Cashel

The Cathedral Church of St. John the Baptist and St. Patrick's Rock, Cashel
52°30′38″N 07°53′23″W / 52.51056°N 7.88972°W / 52.51056; -7.88972Coordinates: 52°30′38″N 07°53′23″W / 52.51056°N 7.88972°W / 52.51056; -7.88972
Location John's St., Cashel, Co. Tipperary
Country Ireland
Denomination Church of Ireland
Website www.cashel.anglican.org/cashel.shtm
History
Dedication Saint John the Baptist and Saint Patrick's Rock
Architecture
Style Georgian
Completed 1784
Administration
Diocese United Dioceses of Cashel Ferns and Ossory
Province Province of Dublin & Cashel
Clergy
Bishop(s) Bishop of Cashel Ferns and Ossory
Dean The Very Reverend Gerald G. Field
Precentor Dean of Waterford
Archdeacon The Venerable C Long
Laity
Organist/Director of music Mrs M Thompson

The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Baptist and Saint Patrick's Rock is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin.

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

Ecclesiastical history

The historic cathedral on the Rock of Cashel had been seized by the English Crown from the Catholic Church in the 1530s and was then handed over to the newly established Church of Ireland. This mediaeval cathedral was closed for worship by the Church of Ireland in 1721. Meanwhile, the old parish church of St John was removed and the present Georgian cathedral completed in 1784.[1] Its famous Samuel Green organ was built in 1786.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Cathedrals of the Church of Ireland" Day, J.G.F./ Patton, H.E. p123: London, S.P.C.K., 1932
  2. ↑ St Peter the Rock Cathedral, Cashel Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved on 8 January 2008.
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