| St. George's Cathedral Church | |
St. George's Cathedral
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| Denomination | Anglican Church of Canada |
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| Website | St. George's Cathedral http://www.stgeorgescathedral.on.ca/ |
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| Dedication | St. George |
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| Parish | Kingston, Ontario |
| Diocese | Ontario |
| Province | Canada |
St. George's Cathedral in Kingston, Ontario is the cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Ontario.
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Successor to the first St. George's parish church, a wooden building of 1792 located across from what is now Kingston Market Square, the present church building was constructed from 1825–1828. William Coverdale (architect) enlarged it in 1838–40 with the addition of a rebuilt steeple and the doric portico 1842. [1]
It was elevated to cathedral status in 1862. In 1891–94 the transepts, choir and dome were built but shortly thereafter in 1899 the interior was badly damaged by fire. S. George Curry (architect) and Joseph Power performed a complete restoration in 1899-1900. [2]
For many years Royal Military College of Canada cadets and other military groups have marched into St. George's for worship on special occasions. 'Copper Sunday', an annual church parade from RMC to St. George's, in which cadets took up a collection of copper coins, was established in 1882 or earlier.
In a 1942 church parade ceremony, General Hertzberg asked permission of the churchwarden, RMC Professor W.R.P. Bridger to lay up the RMC colours in the cathedral. After the congregation were addressed by the Lord Bishop of Ontario, the cadet batallion marched back to the college.[3]
A virtual tour the Royal Military College of Canada gallery at the Cathedral Church of St. George features stained glass windows of several soldier saints including St. George. The most recent windows -- the St. Cecilia window and the St. Margaret window -- also in the RMC gallery, were installed in 2002 and 2003 respectively. [4]
A memorial tablet was erected in 1902 to the memory of three officers, graduates of the Royal Military College of Canada, who died while serving in Africa: Huntly Brodie Mackay, Captain Royal Engineers; William Henry Robinson, Captain Royal Engineers; and William Grant Stairs, Captain the Welsh Regiment.[5]
The cathedral was involved in a paedophilia scandal in the 1980s involving Choirmaster John Gallienne, who was revealed to have been systematically abusing choirboys of the boys' choir, now disbanded in consequence.[6]
St. George's Cathedral, Kingston was treated fictionally as St. Nicholas's, Salterton, in Robertson Davies's novel Leaven of Malice.
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