St. Andrew's Church (Quebec City) Explained

St. Andrew's Church
Pushpin Map:Canada Quebec City
Map Caption:Location of St. Andrew's Church in Quebec City
Coordinates:46.813°N -71.2097°W
Location:Quebec City, Quebec
Country:Canada
Denomination:Presbyterian
Founder:Rev. Robert MacPherson
Dedication:Andrew the Apostle
Status:Church
Functional Status:Active
Architect:John Bryson[1]
Groundbreaking:1809
Completed Date:1810
Construction Cost:£1,500[2]
Capacity:600[3] [4]
Presbytery:Presbytery of Quebec
Synod:Synod of Quebec and Eastern Ontario
Minister:Rev. Dr. Katherine Burgess

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (French: Église presbytérienne Saint Andrew) is a Presbyterian church congregation located in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It belongs to the Presbyterian Church in Canada denomination.

History

The congregation's roots began with the British conquest of Quebec at the Plains of Abraham in 1759. Under the leadership of Church of Scotland Chaplain Robert MacPherson and soldiers of the famous 78th Fraser Highlanders of James Wolfe's Army in 1759. A congregation evolved under his leadership, until his death in 1765. He was succeeded by another former Chaplain, George Henry.

With the 1763 Treaty, and the coming of merchants from Scotland and New England, the congregation soon assumed civilian status and was known as the Scotch Congregation - in connection with the Church of Scotland.

During the 1802 ministry of Alexander Spark, in response to a petition signed by 148 persons, the present Church site was granted by His Majesty George III, although it was not until 1807 that construction began.

The long-contemplated Church was dedicated on November 30, 1810, on St. Andrew's Day, and appropriately named after the apostle. The building remains virtually unchanged but for the addition of the Vestry in 1900.

On the same triangular site with the church are the Kirk Hall, first erected in 1829 as a Protestant School which continued as a flourishing scholastic institution for many years; and the magnificent Manse erected in 1837, which was the residence of the ministers until 2017. William Reed was notably the church's organist from 1900-1913.

Ministers

+Died in Office.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Église Saint Andrew. Corporation du patrimoine et du tourisme religieux de Québec. 13 December 2013.
  2. Web site: Église St. Andrew. Les Églises de Québec. 13 December 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120327213041/http://eglisesdequebec.org/ToutesLesEglises/swStAndrew/StAndrew.html. 27 March 2012.
  3. Web site: Who We Are. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Quebec City. 13 December 2013.
  4. Web site: Église St. Andrew’s. Grand Québec. 13 December 2013.