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5 unusual facts about St. Mary's Cathedral


St. Mary's Cathedral, Jalandhar

In 1987, the demolition of the old church was initiated and the foundation stone that had been blessed by Pope John Paul II for the new church was laid on 19 April 1987 by Rt.

St. Mary's Cathedral, Kuala Lumpur

Notable local contributors to the building fund included personalities like Yap Kwan Seng and K. Thamboosamy Pillay, even though they were not Christians themselves.

The pipe organ installed in the church is a secondhand one built in 1898 by Henry Willis, the famous English organ maker who also made the organ for St Paul's Cathedral in London and the original Grand Organ of the Royal Albert Hall.

St. Mary's Cathedral, Punalur

Punalur Diocese was separated from the Diocese of Quilon (Kollam) and created into a separate unit by the Bull “Verba Christ” of Pope John Paul II, issued on 21 December 1985.

St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo

The layout of the building is in the form of a cross, from which eight hyperbolic parabolas rise in a manner similar to a contemporary landmark cathedral located in San Francisco, also referred to as St. Mary's Cathedral.


1886–87 St. Mary's Y.M.A. season

The club played their "home" games on Southampton Common although a practice match on 2 October 1886 was played in the grounds of the Deanery, opposite St.Mary's Church.

1889–90 St. Mary's F.C. season

C. William "Bill" Measures was a soldier who played for the Geneva Cross team from Netley Hospital, although, as an amateur, he was also able to play for St. Mary's.

1890–91 St. Mary's F.C. season

Canon Basil Wilberforce remained as Honorary President although Dr. Russell Bencraft, the senior committee member, was responsible for the running of the club.

Albert Lacombe

For the remainder of his life, Lacombe played a major role in founding schools throughout the West, such as St Mary's School in what is now the Mission District of Calgary.

Antony Padiyara

He is buried in St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica in Ernakulam.

Berners Bay

Berners Bay, Point Bridget, and Point St. Marys were named by George Vancouver during his 1790s expedition to chart the Alaskan coastline; his mother's maiden name was Bridget Berners and she was born in St. Mary's Wiggenhall.

Charles Ignatius White

His classical studies were made at Mount St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, and at St. Mary's College, Baltimore, and his theological course at St. Sulpice, Paris, where he was ordained priest on 5 June 1830.

Christian Parenti

Parenti has taught at the New College of California and at St. Mary's College in Moraga, California.

Church of St. Mary, Fetcham

It is set off the residential road of its address, The Ridgeway, behind a small park, in the suburban part of the largely 20th century railway settlement adjoining the M25 London Orbital Motorway which has retained farmed rural outskirts.

Clarence George Issenmann

Departing from Columbus on February 1, 1965, he was formally installed in his new post the next day, on February 2, at St. John's Cathedral.

Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin

1573-1581 - Sir William Gerard, a layman and also Chancellor of Ireland 1576–1581 (a contemporary wrote that he "confessed how greatly he had been tormented in conscience with keeping the deanery"

Derek Holman

He was an instructor in the Royal Army Educational Corps with the British Army of the Rhine from 1952 to 1954, master at Westminster Abbey Choir School from 1954 to 1956, assistant organist at St Paul's Cathedral from 1956 to 1958, then an organist at Croydon Parish Church from 1958 to 1965.

Edward C. Prado

He has received many honors and awards, including the following: St. Thomas More Award, St. Mary's University School of Law (2000); Outstanding Alumnus, San Antonio College (1989); LULAC State Award for Excellence (1981); Edgewood I.S.D. Hall of Fame (1981); Achievement Award, U.S. Attorney General (1980); Outstanding Young Lawyer of San Antonio (1980); and Outstanding Federal Public Defender, Western District of Texas (1978).

Edward Fitton, the elder

He was buried on 21 September in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin beside his wife Anne Warburton.

Edward Rooker

Among Rooker's early works are a view on the Thames from Somerset House (1750), and a view of Vauxhall Gardens (1751), both after Canaletto; a view of the Parthenon for Dalton's 'Views of Sicily and Greece' (1751), and a section of St. Paul's Cathedral, decorated according to the

Frederick Thrupp

Thrupp executed the monument to Lady Coleridge at Ottery St. Mary in Devon; the reredos representing the Last Supper in St. Clement's, York; and the monument to Hugh Nicholas Pearson in Sonning Church, Berkshire, in 1883.

Hogan Lovells

The firm traced its history in the UK back to 1899, when John Lovell set up on his own account at Octavia Hill, between St Paul's and Smithfield.

Jeff Petry

Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and raised in Farmington Hills, Michigan, Petry spent three years playing varsity hockey at St. Mary's Preparatory, in nearby Orchard Lake Village, Michigan.

John Maunsell

Maunsell acquired additional benefices including: "the Provost of Beverly" in 1247, "the living of Howden," "Chancellorship of St. Paul's, London," "the living of Bawburgh," "Prebend of South Malling," "Living of Haughley," "Prebend of Tottenhall," "Prebend of Chinchester," "Dean of Wimborn," "Rector of Wigan," "Papal Chaplain," as well as "Chaplain of the King."

Joseph Anthony

From March 1960 through March 1961, Anthony successfully opened the original Broadway productions of four shows which ran simultaneously: The Best Man at the Morosco Theatre, Under the Yum Yum Tree at Henry Miller's Theatre, Rhinoceros at the Longacre Theatre, and Mary, Mary at the Helen Hayes Theatre.

Joseph Phillimore

Phillimore was appointed king's advocate in the court of admiralty on 25 Oct. 1834, and chancellor of the diocese of Worcester and commissary of the deanery of St Paul's Cathedral in the same year; chancellor of the diocese of Bristol in 1842, and judge of the consistory court of Gloucester in 1846.

Kerry Beaumont

Beaumont was previously director of music (1994-2002) at Ripon Cathedral in North Yorkshire, England and (1990-1994) at St David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Lecturer

Several churches in the UK have clergy identified by the ancient title lecturer, including many London churches, St. Mary's Church, Nottingham and Carlisle Cathedral.

Markyate Priory

The priory of Markyate was founded in 1145, in a wood which was then part of the parish of Caddington, and belonged to the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral, London.

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

That it is a religious allegory of Catholicism, with bells representing the sanctus bells, the cockleshells the badges of the pilgrims to the shrine of Saint James in Spain (Santiago de Compostela) and pretty maids are nuns, but even within this strand of thought there are differences of opinion as to whether it is lament for the reinstatement of Catholicism or for its persecution.

Old St. Mary's

Old Saint Mary's Cathedral, cathedral in San Francisco, California, United States

Paul de Sorbait

His tomb is in the Cathedral of St. Stephen in Vienna.

Pavel Svedomsky

Working in the St Vladimir's Cathedral in Kiev, Svedosmky painted the northern and southern naves of the cathedral, creating six scenes from the life of Jesus: The Resurrection of Lazarus, The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, The Last Supper, The Agony in the Garden, The Trial of Pilate, The Crucifixion and The Ascension.

Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador

It is 130 kilometres from the capital city, St. John's, and is within easy distance of the scenic Cape Shore (including the Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve), the Irish Loop and St. Mary's Bay, Conception Bay, and the inner reaches of Placentia Bay.

Pro-cathedral

St Andrews Pro Cathedral in Glasgow has been the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow since 1889.

Rajadhiraja St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Piravom

About 2000 years ago, after the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem, Judaea, in the days of king Herod, it is said that "Wise men" from the east (The Magi) reached Bethlehem through Jerusalem.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malta

There are two cathedrals in the diocese: The Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Paul's, in Mdina, and St. John's Co-Cathedral, located in Valletta.

Rudolf Koppitz

While working in Vienna early in his career, Koppitz photographed many of the picturesque aspects of the city - St. Stephen's Cathedral, Karl's Church - and traveled to photograph Hungarian villages, fishing boats near Delft, views of Dresden and alpine landscapes.

Sean Graham

Then he ran for William & Mary, after which he ran as a full-time professional for Nike's Farm Team and subsequently for Oregon Track Club.

St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh

The original thirteenth century cathedral of the diocese, situated in the small east Cork town of Cloyne, was owned by the Church of Ireland.

St. Basil's Church

Saint Basil's Cathedral, a Russian Orthodox cathedral erected on the Red Square in Moscow

St. Mary's Basilica, Bangalore

Mary's Basilica is a basilica located in the Archdiocese of Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka.

St. Mary's Church, Chennai

This ancient prayer house solemnized the marriages of both Robert Clive and Elihu Yale.

St. Mary's Church, Noida

The church is situated less than 1 kilometre from Noida City Centre metro station

St. Mary's Church, Walthamstow

In the same year, money from Robert Thorne (a wealthy London merchant who, like Monoux, originated from Bristol and became Lord Mayor of the City of London) was used to completely rebuild the south aisle and to add a chapel on its eastern end.

St. Mary's College, Sault Ste. Marie

A long running tradition at St. Mary's College is "Pennies from Heaven" which raises money each Christmas season to be donated to various youth charities.

St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington, New Jersey

It is one of the earliest attempts in the United States to "follow a specific English medieval church model for which measured drawings existed." This Gothic Revival-style church was designed by Richard Upjohn, who modeled it after St. John's Church in Shottesbrooke, England.

St. Mary's Orthodox Valiyapally

Harvest festival is celebrated every year on 15 August, which also happens to be the Independence day of India.

St. Mary's Railroad

The Durango Paper Company closed its doors in 2002 after two industrial accidents at the plant resulted in nearly $200,000 in fines from OSHA.

St. Mary's School, Pune

From 1866 to 1977, the school was run by the Sisters of the Community of St. Mary the Virgin, an Anglican order based in Wantage, England.

The News at Bedtime

The other main contributors to the programme are Mary Mary, the Contrary Correspondent who reports live from news stories; Peter Rabbi who presents the Thought for the Day religious slot; and weather reporter Dilly Dilly.

Thomas Sim Lee

They founded the St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Petersville, Maryland.

Wappinger, New York

Big Dan Brouthers one of the first baseball sluggers, lived in the Village of Wappingers Falls and is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery in the village.

William Hamling

A stained-glass window depicting William Blake, dedicated to the memory of Hamling, may be found in St. Mary's Church, Battersea.

WKLR

The station was, for many years, the flagship station for The College of William & Mary Tribe football and men's basketball.


see also

Adrian Leo Doyle

Doyle served on the Marriage Tribunal for the Hobart Archdiocese (1966–1998) He has been a judge on the Appeal Tribunal, President of the Canon Law Society of Australia and New Zealand, assistant priest at Invermay, Bellerive, and St Mary's Cathedral, and parish priest at Sandy Bay-Taroona (1974–1990).

Bethlehem College, Ashfield

Bethlehem's greatest rival was St. Mary's Cathedral who Bethlehem felt had an unwarranted advantage in that the Carnival marching band was from the Cathedral boys school which often played for St. Mary's.

Diocese of Edinburgh

It should be noted that another St Mary's Cathedral also exists in Edinburgh, the Roman Catholic Cathedral which is situated on Picardy Place at the top of Leith Walk.

Edward Etheridge

Subsequently the area’s Archdeacon and additionally a Honorary Canon of St Mary's Cathedral in Salisbury (now Harare) he was elevated to the Episcopate in 1923 and served his mainly rural diocese for twenty years, followed by a further seven as Chancellor of the Anglican Diocese of Grahamstown.

Frank Baron

Baron was perhaps best known in the Northern California Bay Area for his structural design work on the Dumbarton, Golden Gate, and Bay Bridges, as well as for his role in designing the roof structure of the St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco.

James Darcy Freeman

He died on 16 March 1991, St Vincent's Hospital at the age of 83 and is buried in the crypt of St Mary's Cathedral.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart

St Mary's Cathedral is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Hobart, currently Adrian Leo Doyle, AM DD.

St Mary's Cathedral, Perth

St Mary's Cathedral, Perth, officially the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perth, and seat of its Archbishop, currently Timothy Costelloe.

St. Benet Biscop Catholic High School

The current Biscop of the Diocese is Séamus Cunningham, who will receive his episcopal consecration on 20 March at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

Theotonius Amal Ganguly

He successfully completed two years of philosophy and four years of theology studies at the seminary and, on June 6, 1946, was ordained a diocesan priest at St. Mary's Cathedral, Ranchi, by Jesuit Bishop Oscar Sevrin.

Wanda Tomczykowska

St. Mary’s Cathedral boasts a reproduction of The Black Madonna of Czestochowa at which Pope John Paul II said Mass during a visit to San Francisco.