Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Manila Cathedral and Basilica is located in Intramuros, the historic walled city located within today’s modern city of Manila. The cathedral serves as the episcopal see for the Archbishop of Manila and is considered as the Mother Church of the Philippines along with the Basilica of…
St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London
St. Martin-in-the-Fields is an Anglican church situated on the north-eastern corner of Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, London. There has been a church situated on this site since medieval times and the current building dates from 1722-26. The church was designed by James Gibbs in the Neoclassical style. The west front has a…
St. Bartholomew-the-Great, London
Priory Church of St. Bartholomew the Great This church, founded as an Augustinian Priory in 1123 by Rahere, is situated in the West Smithfield area of the City of London. It is one of the oldest surviving churches in the City and is the outstanding Norman church despite many restorations. The church partially survived the…
St. George’s Hanover Square, London
St. George’s Hanover Square is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster in London. It was constructed in 1721-25 and funded by the ‘Commission for Building Fifty New Churches’ (the so called Queen Anne Churches). The great composer Handel, was a regular worshipper here.
St. Mark’s Cathedral – Bengaluru, India
This cathedral was founded in 1808 and the current building dates from 1927. It is built in the English Baroque style and was inspired by St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. It is the mother church of the Diocese of Central Karnataka of the Church of Southern India. It is located at the west end…
St. John’s Cathedral, Hong Kong
Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist This is the oldest Anglican church in the Far East. It is the cathedral of the Diocese of Hong Kong Island and the mother church to the Province of Hong Kong and Macau. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Hong Kong. The cathedral’s foundation stone was…
St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
St. Mary Redcliffe is an Anglican parish church located in the Redcliffe area of Bristol and was built between the 12th and 15th centuries. It is in the Perpendicular Gothic style. Queen Elizabeth I described it as “the fairest, goodliest, and most famous parish church in England.”
Salisbury Cathedral
Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary The cathedral was begun in 1220 and was mostly complete by 1258. It is built in the Early English Gothic style. The spire of the cathedral has been the tallest in England since 1549. Due to it’s height and weight of the tower, additional buttresses, bracing arches and…
Gloucester Cathedral
Cathedral Church of St. Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity A Saxon abbey was founded in Gloucester in 681 and by 1089, a third monastery stood on this site when the Normans began their great church. After King Edward II was buried here in 1327 after his murder, the church became a great place…
Exeter Cathedral
Cathedral Church of St. Peter The cathedral was founded in 1050 when the seat of the Bishop of Devon and Cornwall was transferred from Crediton. A new building was begun in 1133 in the Norman style and was finished c.1150 which includes both the transept towers. The choir was begun in 1288 and the nave…
Cathedrals and Churches I've Visited on my Travels 