Christ Church Cathedral (Victoria)
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Christ Church Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral in Victoria, British Columbia. It is the episcopal seat of the Bishop of the Diocese of British Columbia. This is the Diocese of British Columbia's third cathedral built after the first, built in 1856, was destroyed by fire, and the second, built in 1872, became inadequate for the size of the congregation. The current cathedral was built in 1929, at 930 Burdett Avenue, (although the west front faces Quadra Street) and measures 93' wide, 140' long, with towers 122' high. It consists of a liturgical west front and a portion of a nave, construction having stalled at this point in the expectation that funding would in due course be raised for the cathedral to be completed. Ultimately in the 1980s it was recognised that this was unrealistic and the building as it stood was finished off without the nave being extended or transepts, choir or other features of a gothic church being constructed.
The church is located at:
930 Burdett Avenue
Victoria, B.C.
CANADA V8V 3G8 [1]
