St Edmundsbury Cathedral

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St Edmundsbury Cathedral
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Cathedral from the east
Basic information
Location Bury St Edmunds
Full name Cathedral Church of St James
Geographic coordinates 52°14′38″N 0°43′00″E / 52.243889°N 0.716667°E / 52.243889; 0.716667Coordinates: 52°14′38″N 0°43′00″E / 52.243889°N 0.716667°E / 52.243889; 0.716667
County Suffolk
Country England
Ecclesiastical information
Denomination Church of England
Tradition Liberal Catholic
Province Canterbury
Diocese St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Diocese created 1914
Bishop The Right Reverend Nigel Stock
Dean The Very Reverend Neil Collings
Precentor The Reverend Canon Michael Hampel
Canons The Reverend Canon Dr Christopher Burdon
Theologian
Director of
Music		 James Thomas
Organist David Humphreys
Website www.stedscathedral.co.uk
Building information
Dates built 1503-2005
Architectural style Gothic, Gothic Revival

St Edmundsbury Cathedral is the cathedral for the Church of England's Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. It is the seat of the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and is in Bury St Edmunds.

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[edit] History

A church has stood on the site of the cathedral since at least 1065, when St Denis's Church was built within the precincts of Bury St. Edmunds Abbey.[1] In the early 12th century the then Abbot, Anselm, tried to make a pilgrimage along the Way of St. James to Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. He was unsuccessful, so instead rebuilt St Denis's and dedicated the new church to Saint James, which served as the parish church for the north side of Bury St Edmunds.

This church was largely rebuilt, starting in 1503, with more alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. When the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich was created in 1914, St James Church was made the cathedral. In 1959 Benjamin Britten wrote the Fanfare for St Edmundsbury for a "Pageant of Magna Carta" held in the cathedral grounds.

From 1960 onwards, there was renewed building work designed to transform the parish church into a cathedral building, with the rebuilding of the chancel and the creation of transepts and side chapels. The architect for this work was Stephen Dykes Bower. In the cathedral grounds a new choir school and visitor's centre were built which were opened in 1990. A Gothic revival tower was built between 2000 and 2005.

The nave of Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, facing East

[edit] Organ and organists

[edit] Organ

Details of the organ from the National Pipe Organ Register

[edit] Organists

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "History - Building The Church". St Edmundsbury Cathedral. http://www.stedscathedral.co.uk/830.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-10. 

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