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Saint Peter's Cathedral
Saint Peter's Cathedral, Belfast
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Location Belfast, County Antrim
Country Northern Ireland
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website https://stpetersbelfast.ie
History
Consecrated 14 October 1866
Architecture
Architect(s) Fr. Jeremiah Ryan McAuley
John O'Neill
Style Gothic Revival
Years built 1860–1866
Specifications
Length 180ft (54.8m)
Width 70ft (21.3m)
Number of spires 2
Administration
Diocese Down and Connor (since 1866)
Province Armagh

Saint Peter's Cathedral, Belfast. (Irish: [Ard Eaglais Naomh Peadar] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is the Roman Catholic cathedral church for the Diocese of Down and Connor, and is therefore the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor. It is located in the Divis Street area of the Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland and construction began in the 1860s. It is home to The Down & Connor Schola Cantorum (Choir).

History

The cathedral was originally a parish church. It was designed by Fr Jeremiah Ryan McAulay, who had trained as an architect before he became a priest, and built on a site donated by a local baker. Bernard Hughes. It opened on 14 October 1866.

Until the Reformation the cathedral of the Diocese of Down & Connor had been at Downpatrick. Since that was no longer available, St Peter's was made into a pro-cathedral, or temporary cathedral, for the Diocese, until 29 June 1986, when it became a cathedral in the full sense.

Past Administrators

From St Peter's Cathedral website unless otherwise stated:

  • Fr William Blaney: 1866–1873
  • Fr Andrew McAuley: 1873–1882
  • Fr Patrick Convery: 1882–1895
  • Fr John McCartan: 1895–1898
  • Fr John Tohill: 1898–1905
  • Fr Bernard Laverty: 1905–1911
  • Fr John Healy: 1911–1919
  • Fr Thomas McDonald: 1919–1929
  • Fr Alexander McAteer: 1929–1930
  • Fr George McKillop: 1930–1943
  • Fr John McLaverty: 1938–1943
  • Fr George Watson: 1943–1945
  • Fr Leo McKeown: 1945–1949
  • Fr Laurence Higgins: 1949–1955
  • Fr Patrick McAtamney: 1955–1960
  • Fr Joseph McConville: 1960–1963
  • Fr James McCloskey: 1963–1966
  • Fr Sean O’Neill: 1966–1967
  • Canon Padraig Murphy: 1967–1971
  • Fr Francis Teggart: 1971–1974
  • Fr Alec Darragh: 1974–1978
  • Fr Vincent McKinley: 1978–1983
  • Fr Joseph McGurnaghan: 1983–1986
  • Fr Sean Connolly: 1986–1990
  • Fr Anthony Alexander: 1990–1994
  • Monsignor Thomas Toner: 1994–2006
  • Fr Hugh Kennedy: 2006–2016
  • Fr Martin Graham: 2016 –

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Catedral de San Pedro (Belfast) para niños

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