Dom St. Peter zu Worms St. Peter’s Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in Worms, Germany. It ceased to be a cathedral in 1802 when the bishopric was secularized during German mediatisation. It had the title of minor basilica bestowed on it in 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Construction started on the current building…
Mainz Cathedral
Der Hohe Dom zu Mainz or MartinsDom Mainz Cathedral or St. Martin’s Cathedral is located in the pedestrianised market square in the historical centre of the city. It is the seat of the Bishop of Mainz in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz – a suffragan diocese of the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of…
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland
This cathedral is the mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon in the United States. It is located in the historic Alphabet District of north-west Portland. It has a progressive Episcopal congregation. Trinity Episcopal Church was founded on 18th May, 1851 in Portland, Oregon. It was the first Episcopal congregation organised in the then…
Stations of the Cross – Cathedral of the Holy Name Chicago
These Stations were designed by the artist, Goffredo Verginelli. They were cast in bronze and are surrounded in a frame of red Rocco Alicante marble.
Cathedral of the Holy Name, Chicago
This cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, one of the largest dioceses in the United States. It serves as the episcopal seat of the current Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Blase J Cupich. Holy Name Cathedral was dedicated on 21st November, 1875 replacing the Cathedral of St. Mary and the Church…
Church of the Ascension, Chicago
The Church of the Ascension is an Anglo-Catholic parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago located in the Near North Side of the city on North La Salle Drive. It was founded in 1857 as a mission of the then St. James Church, now the diocesan cathedral. The first church was wooden and was built…
St. Stephen Walbrook
This church is located in the City of London in the Walbrook Ward next to the Mansion House. It is part of the Diocese of London in the Church of England. The present domed building was built to designs by Sir Christopher Wren following the Great Fire of London in 1666. The original church was…
The Parish of St. Mark, Portland
This is an Anglo-Catholic church located in the Alphabet District of the city of Portland in the State of Oregon, north-west USA. In 1993 it left the Episcopal Church of the USA to join the ‘continuing’ (traditionalists) Anglicans, and in 2009 voted to become a parish in the Anglican Province of Christ the King. The…
St. James Cathedral, Chicago
This is the mother church of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America Diocese of Chicago. It is located on the corner of Huron and Wabash Streets in the city of Chicago. Along with the Greek Orthodox Annunciation Cathedral on LaSalle Street and the Roman Catholic Holy Name Cathedral on State Street, these…
The Temple Church
This church is a Royal Peculiar in the Church of England. It is located between Fleet Street and the River Thames in the Inner and Middle Temples of the Inns of Courts. It was originally built as the English headquarters of the Knights Templar. In the mid-12th century, the Knights Templar in London met at…
Church of St. Barnabas, Pimlico
The Church of St. Barnabas is a parish church of the Church of England situated in the area of Pimlico in Central London. The church is noted for being the first church to be built with the avowed intention of carrying out in practice the religious and pastoral ideals of the Oxford Movement. The church…
Church of St. John the Evangelist, Edinburgh
This imposing church is located at the west end of Princes Street at it’s junction with Lothian Road in central Edinburgh. It is part of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Edinburgh. Construction of the church began in 1816 to designs by the architect, William Burn who was only 25 at the time….
Cathedrals and Churches I've Visited on my Travels 