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. Former and intended cathedrals are 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. Some were formerly abbeys or priories, whilst others were 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.

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Cathedrals of the Church of England (purple) and Church in Wales (green).[fn 1]

England and dependencies

Church of England

Province of Canterbury

Name and dedication	Diocese	Established, location
Birmingham Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Philip	Diocese of Birmingham	1905
former parish church		52°28′52″N 1°53′56″W
Bristol Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity	Diocese of Bristol	1542–1836, 1897
Augustinian abbey 1140–1539		51°27′06″N 2°36′03″W
Canterbury Cathedral Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ	Diocese of Canterbury	597
Mother church of the Province of Canterbury and of the Anglican Communion worldwide		51°16′47″N 1°04′59″E
Chelmsford Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Mary, St Peter and St Cedd	Diocese of Chelmsford	1914
former parish church		51°44′07″N 0°28′20″E
Chichester Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity	Diocese of Chichester	1080
movated from Selsey		50°50′11″N 0°46′50″W
Coventry Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Michael	Diocese of Coventry	1962
replaced the cathedral (parish church till 1918) lost during World War II		52°24′31″N 1°30′25″W
Derby Cathedral Cathedral Church of All Saints	Diocese of Derby	1927
former parish church		52°55′29″N 1°28′39″W
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		52°23′55″N 0°15′48″E
Exeter Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Peter	Diocese of Exeter	1050
translated from Crediton		50°43′21″N 3°31′47″W
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		51°52′03″N 2°14′48″W
Guildford Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit	Diocese of Guildford	1965
		51°14′28″N 0°35′24″W
Hereford Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin and St Ethelbert	Diocese of Hereford	676
		52°03′15″N 2°42′58″W
Leicester Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Martin	Diocese of Leicester	1927
former parish church		52°38′05″N 1°08′13″W
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		52°41′08″N 1°49′49″W
Lincoln Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Mary	Diocese of Lincoln	1070
joint with Dorchester c.954–1072 translated from Dorchester 1072		53°14′04″N 0°32′11″W
Norwich Cathedral Cathedral Church of Holy and Undivided Trinity	Diocese of Norwich	1094
translated from Thetford; Benedictine priory 1096–1539		52°37′54″N 1°18′02″E
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		51°45′03″N 1°15′16″W
Peterborough Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew	Diocese of Peterborough	1541
abbey 655 church 1238–1539		52°34′20″N 0°14′18″W
Portsmouth Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury	Diocese of Portsmouth	1927
former parish church		50°47′26″N 1°06′15″W
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		51°23′20″N 0°30′12″E
St Albans Cathedral Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban	Diocese of St Albans	1877
Benedictine abbey 976–1539		51°45′02″N 0°20′34″W
St Edmundsbury Cathedral Cathedral Church of St James and St Edmund	Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich	1914
former parish church		52°14′38″N 0°43′01″E
St Paul's Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Paul	Diocese of London	1675
replaced previous cathedral 604–1666 (destroyed in Great Fire of London)		51°30′50″N 0°05′54″W
Salisbury Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary	Diocese of Salisbury	1227
translated from Old Sarum		51°03′53″N 1°47′51″W
Southwark Cathedral Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie	Diocese of Southwark	1905
Augustinian priory 1106–1539		51°30′22″N 0°05′23″W
Truro Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Mary	Diocese of Truro	1880
incorporates former parish church		50°15′51″N 5°03′04″W
Wells Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Andrew	Diocese of Bath and Wells	1239
		51°12′37″N 2°38′38″W
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		51°03′36″N 1°18′44″W
Worcester Cathedral Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary	Diocese of Worcester	743
Benedictine priory 969–1540		52°11′19″N 2°13′15″W

Province of York

Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
Blackburn Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Mary	Diocese of Blackburn	1926
former parish church		53°44′50″N 2°28′53″W
Bradford Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Peter	Diocese of Leeds Diocese of Bradford (1919–2014)	1919
former parish church		53°47′43″N 1°44′52″W
Carlisle Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity	Diocese of Carlisle	1113
secular canons to 1092 Augustinian priory 1123–1540		54°53′41″N 2°56′19″W
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		53°11′31″N 2°53′25″W
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		54°46′23″N 1°34′36″W
Liverpool Cathedral Cathedral Church of Christ	Diocese of Liverpool	1904
		53°23′51″N 2°58′24″W
Manchester Cathedral Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George	Diocese of Manchester	1847
former collegiate parish church (1421)		53°29′06″N 2°14′40″W
Newcastle Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Nicholas	Diocese of Newcastle	1882
former parish church		54°58′12″N 1°36′40″W
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 not part of the United Kingdom		54°13′31″N 4°42′00″W
Ripon Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid	Diocese of Leeds Diocese of Ripon (1836–2014; "Ripon and Leeds", 1999–2014)	1836
monastery pre-660 later collegiate with secular canons (10th century?)		54°08′06″N 1°31′13″W
Sheffield Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul	Diocese of Sheffield	1914
former parish church		53°22′59″N 1°28′09″W
Southwell Minster Cathedral and Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary	Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham	1884
collegiate with secular canons to 1840		53°04′36″N 0°57′15″W
Wakefield Cathedral Cathedral Church of All Saints	Diocese of Leeds Diocese of Wakefield (1888–2014)	1888
former parish church		53°40′59″N 1°29′48″W
York Minster Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter	Diocese of York	300
Mother church of the Province of York		53°57′45″N 1°04′55″W

Catholic Church

Latin Church

Province of Westminster

Name and dedication	Diocese	Established, location
Brentwood Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Helen	Diocese of Brentwood	1917
parish church 1861		51°37′11″N 0°18′24″E
Norwich Cathedral Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist	Diocese of East Anglia	1976
		52°37′45″N 1°17′02″E
Northampton Cathedral Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury	Diocese of Northampton	1850
formerly the parish church of St Felix		52°14′53″N 0°53′55″W
Nottingham Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Barnabas	Diocese of Nottingham	1850
		52°57′17″N 1°09′26″W
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		51°29′45″N 0°08′23″W

Province of Birmingham

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		52°29′08″N 1°53′55″W
Clifton Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul	Diocese of Clifton	1973
preceded by The Pro-Cathedral of the Apostles		51°27′35″N 2°36′59″W
Shrewsbury Cathedral Cathedral Church of Our Lady Help of Christians and St Peter Alcantara	Diocese of Shrewsbury	1850
		52°42′19″N 2°45′14″W

Province of Liverpool

Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
Lancaster Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Peter	Diocese of Lancaster	1924
		54°02′49″N 2°47′38″W
Leeds Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Anne	Diocese of Leeds	1878
rebuilt 1904 after original site used for road-widening		53°48′02″N 1°32′49″W
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ the King	Archdiocese of Liverpool	1967
preceded by two earlier unfinished cathedrals		53°24′17″N 2°58′06″W
Middlesbrough Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Mary	Diocese of Middlesbrough	1983
translated to Coulby Newham from Middlesbrough town centre		54°31′22″N 1°12′49″W
Newcastle Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Mary	Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle	1882
		54°58′09″N 1°37′09″W
Salford Cathedral Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist	Diocese of Salford	1850
		53°29′01″N 2°15′40″W
Sheffield Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Marie	Diocese of Hallam	1980
		53°22′53″N 1°28′05″W

Province of Southwark

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		50°51′19″N 0°33′33″W
Plymouth Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Boniface	Diocese of Plymouth	1858
		50°22′25″N 4°09′06″W
Portsmouth Cathedral Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist	Diocese of Portsmouth	1882
		50°48′01″N 1°05′38″W
Southwark Cathedral Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St George	Archdiocese of Southwark	1850
Mother church of the Province of Southwark		51°29′52″N 0°06′28″W

Bishopric of the Forces

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	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		51°15′36″N 0°45′36″W

Diocese of Gibraltar

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	Gibraltar Cathedral Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned	Diocese of Gibraltar	1462
			36°08′23″N 5°21′13″W

Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham

N.B. The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, a diocese-like structure under canon law, is currently headed by a married man, who is therefore an ordinary but not a bishop; hence the central church of the Ordinariate is not technically a cathedral. However, it will be a cathedral whenever the ordinary is a bishop. It is therefore included here. The Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham (Houston) is in the same position.

Image	Name and dedication	Ordinariate	Established/Website/Location
	The central church of the Ordinariate of our Lady of Walsingham Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory	Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham	2013 as the central church of the Ordinariate; 1928 as a parish church.
			51°30′40″N 0°08′17″W

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Eparchy of the Holy Family of London

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)		51°30′48″N 0°09′02″W

Syro-Malabar Catholic Church

Eparchy of Great Britain

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	Syro-Malabar Cathedral of St. Alphonsa, Preston Cathedral Church of St Alphonsa	Eparchy of Great Britain	2016
	formerly St Ignatius' Church		53°45′49″N 2°41′48″W

Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches

Antiochian Orthodox Church

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	London Cathedral NW1 Cathedral Church of St George	Diocese of Western Europe	1989
	1a Redhill Street, NW1 4BG former Church of England parish church of Christ		51°31′49″N 0°08′40″W

Coptic Orthodox Church

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	St. George's Cathedral, Stevenage Cathedral Church of St George		2002
			51°53′11″N 0°10′48″W

Greek Orthodox Church

Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
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		52°28′58″N 1°54′51″W
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		52°37′22″N 1°08′08″W
Camden Town Cathedral Cathedral Church of All Saints	Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain	1991
Camden Town, NW1 0JA former Church of England parish church		51°32′20″N 0°08′16″W
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		51°30′45″N 0°11′29″W
London Orthodox Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God	Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
Wood Green, N22 8LB		51°36′04″N 0°06′53″W
London Orthodox Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God	Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
Camberwell, SE5 0TF		51°28′31″N 0°05′41″W
London Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Andrew	Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain	1970
Kentish Town, NW1 9QA		51°32′44″N 0°08′29″W
London Orthodox Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Nicholas	Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
Shepherds Bush, W12 8JW		51°30′15″N 0°13′59″W
London Orthodox Cathedral Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross and St Michael	Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
Golders Green, NW11 8DA		51°34′26″N 0°12′06″W

Russian Orthodox Church

Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
London Orthodox Cathedral SW7 Cathedral Church of the Dormition and All Saints	Diocese of Sourozh
Ennismore Gardens, SW7 1NH		51°30′02″N 0°10′09″W
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		51°29′23″N 0°16′34″W

Syriac Orthodox Church

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	St Thomas' Cathedral, East Acton Cathedral Church of Saint Thomas		2012
	7 Armstrong Road, London W3 7JL		51°30′30″N 0°14′47″W

Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	London Cathedral W3 Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Transfiguration of our Saviour
	1a Newton Avenue, London, W3 8AJ		51°30′15″N 0°16′07″W

Georgian Orthodox Church

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	Stamford Hill Cathedral, London N16: from 2011 onwards, the Georgian Orthodox Cathedral Church of the Nativity of Our Lord. Previous name (1956–2007): Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. Original name: Church of the Ark of the Covenant, or Abode of Love.
	Situate at Rookwood Road, Stamford Hill, London N16 6SS. Built originally (1892–1895) as "Church of the Ark of the Covenant" for the Agapemonites (the Abode of Love) but probably not actively used by them after the 1920s. Used (1956 to 2007) by the "Ancient Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd" (a movement led by Archbishop Harold Percival Nicholson (Mar Johannes) (1905–1968)) and known during this period as "Cathedral of the Good Shepherd"		51°34′24″N 0°04′00″W

Other churches

Anglican Catholic Church

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established, location
	Pro-Cathedral Church of St Augustine of Canterbury, Eastling Road, Painters Forstal, Kent, ME13 0DU	Diocese of the United Kingdom	2008 51°16′49″N 1°04′46″E
	pro-cathedral

Holy Catholic Church (Western Rite)

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established/Website/Location
	Our Lady of Grace Cathedral, Stoke-on-Trent Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Grace
	Newport Lane, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 3NA former Methodist church, translated from Madeley Heath		53°02′20″N 2°12′15″W

Liberal Catholic Church

Liberal Catholic Church is term that covers groups within the Independent Catholicism movement.

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established, location
	Putney Cathedral Pro-Cathedral Church of All Saints
	pro-cathedral		51°27′41″N 0°13′13″W

Traditional Church of England

Image	Name and dedication	Diocese	Established, location
	Windlesham Cathedral Cathedral Church of St George

Wales

Church in Wales

Name and dedication	Diocese	Established, location
Bangor Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Deiniol	Diocese of Bangor	456
secular canons 1092		Official website
Brecon Cathedral Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist	Diocese of Swansea and Brecon	1923
Benedictine priory 1093/1110–1538
Llandaff Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul, St Dyfrig, St Teilo and St Euddogwy	Diocese of Llandaff	550
monastery, secular canons 1107
Newport Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Woolos	Diocese of Monmouth	1921 as co-cathedral; 1949 as cathedral
former parish church		Official website
St Asaph Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Asaph	Diocese of St Asaph	553
monastery, secular canons 1143
St Davids Cathedral Cathedral Church of St David	Diocese of St Davids	580
secular canons 1116 originally dedicated to St Andrew and St David

Roman Catholic Church

The Province of Cardiff covers all of Wales

Name and dedication	Diocese	Established, location
Cardiff Cathedral Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St David	Archdiocese of Cardiff	1916

Swansea Cathedral Cathedral Church of St Joseph	Diocese of Menevia	1987
church opened in 1888, located in Convent Street, Greenhill, SA1 2BX
Wrexham Cathedral Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Sorrows	Diocese of Wrexham	1907
parish church 1847 pro-cathedral 1907–1987

Footnotes

The borders shown within England are civil regions, not ecclesiastical divisions.

Citations

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

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