St. John's Cathedral, Cashel Explained

The Cathedral Church of St. John the Baptist and St. Patrick's Rock, Cashel
Location:John's St., Cashel, County Tipperary
Country:Ireland
Coordinates:52.5154°N -7.8856°W
Denomination:Church of Ireland
Website:https://cashelunion.ie/
Dedication:Saint John the Baptist and Saint Patrick's Rock
Architect:Oliver Grace
Style:Georgian
Completed Date:1784
Diocese:United Dioceses of Cashel Ferns and Ossory
Province:Province of Dublin & Cashel
Bishop:Bishop of Cashel and Ossory
Dean:The Very Reverend Gerald G. Field
Precentor:Dean of Waterford
Archdeacon:The Venerable C Long
Organistdom: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, while Charles Agar was Archbishop, and the Chapter House was built to hold the Bolton Library.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. [Godfrey Day|Day, J.G.F.]
  2. http://www.cashel.anglican.org/information/diocese/cathedrals/cashel.html St Peter the Rock Cathedral, Cashel
  3. Web site: Between a rock and a hard place.