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Westminster Cathedral
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Catholic cathedral in London, England, UK
Key facts
- Location
- Westminster , London, England
- Denomination
- Catholic Church
- Website
- westminstercathedral .org .uk
- Status
- Cathedral
- Dedication
- Most Precious Blood
- Architect
- John Francis Bentley
- Style
- Neo-Byzantine
- Years built
- 1895–1903
- Length
- 110 m (360 ft)
- Width
- 47 m (156 ft)
- Province
- Westminster
- Diocese
- Westminster
- Archbishop
- Richard Moth
- Dean
- Slawomir Witon
- Designated
- 1 December 1987, Amended 15 February 1994
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Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Other
- Founded
- 1903
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Also known as
- Metropolitan Cathedral of the Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.493499.a · ISNI 0000 0001 2195 2332
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- unfinished building
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- London
- Dedicated to
- Blood of Christ
- Official website
- westminstercathedral.org.uk
- Image
- Westminster Cathedral London, 4th May 2024 - 53708806889.jpg
- Height
- 87
- Length
- 110
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- Commons category
- Westminster Cathedral
- architect
- John Francis Bentley
- architectural style
- Romanesque Revival architecture
- Commons gallery
- Westminster Cathedral
- inception
- 1895-01-17
- street address
- Ashley Place, Victoria Street, London SW1P 1QW
- different from
- Westminster Abbey
- historic county
- Middlesex
- OS grid reference
- TQ2924879074
- Christian liturgical rite
- Roman Rite
- native label
- Westminster Cathedral
- associated electoral district
- Cities of London and Westminster
- postal code
- SW1P 1QW
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Encyclopedic overview
Interior Baptistery South-western elevation Neo-Byzantine mosaics Reliquary of Saint John Southworth North-western elevation Blessed Sacrament Chapel Ceiling of the Chapel of St. Joseph and the Holy Family North-western portal The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Most Precious Blood, informally known as Westminster Cathedral, is the largest Catholic church in England and Wales. It is dedicated to the Blood of Jesus Christ and is the seat of the Archbishop of Westminster.
The original site on which the cathedral stands in the City of Westminster was purchased by the Archdiocese of Westminster in 1885, with construction taking place from 1895 to 1903. Designed by John Francis Bentley in a 9th-century Christian neo-Byzantine style, and accordingly made almost entirely of brick, without steel reinforcements, Sir John Betjeman called it "a masterpiece in striped brick and stone" that shows "the good craftsman has no need of steel or concrete."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Westminster Cathedral” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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