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…
Category: Overseas Cathedrals & Churches
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…
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…
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…
St. George’s Church, Lisbon
This is the only English-speaking Anglican congregation in Lisbon. Following a treaty signed between Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell and King John IV of Portugal in 1554, English residents were allowed to “profess their own Religion in private houses… and that finally a Place be allowed for them to bury their dead“. A chaplaincy was then…
St. Mark’s English Church, Florence
This is an Anglican church located in the city of Florence in Italy. It forms part of the chaplaincy of St. Mark’s Florence with Holy Cross Bologna, in the Diocese of Europe within the Church of England. The Reverend Charles Tooth founded the church as a centre of worship of Anglo-Catholic members of the Anglican…
Igreja de São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon
The Parish Church of São Sebastião da Pedreira, located in the center of Lisbon, at the top of Rua Tomás Ribeiro, near Parque Eduardo VII. It was founded during the reign of King John IV on the site of Pedreira (quarry) and inaugurated in 1652. The entrance of the church is reached by a side…
St. Stephan zu Mainz
The Collegiate Church of St Stephan is located in the city of Mainz, the capital of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was built in the Gothic style and is also a ‘hall’ church. It is now principally known for it’s stained glass windows designed by Marc Chagall. The church was originally built in 990…
St. Patrick’s Church – Bengaluru, India
St. Patrick’s is one of the oldest churches belonging to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore. It is located in a prime part of the city and was originally dedicated to Our Lady. In it’s time it has served as a cathedral and then as a personal parish. The foundation stone was laid in July…
Cathedrals and Churches I've Visited on my Travels 