Arundel Cathedral
| Arundel Cathedral | |
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| Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St Philip Howard, Arundel | |
From the other side of the River Arun
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 Arundel Cathedral
Shown within Arundel
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| Coordinates: 50°51′19″N 0°33′32″W / 50.8552°N 0.559°W | |
| Location | Arundel, West Sussex |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | arundelcathedral.org |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Joseph Hansom |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Years built | 1868- |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Arundel and Brighton (since 1965) |
| Province | Southwark |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Richard Moth |
| Dean | Tim Madeley |
| Laity | |
| Organist(s) | Elizabeth Stratford |
The Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St Philip Howard is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Arundel, West Sussex, England. Dedicated in 1873 as the Catholic parish church of Arundel, it became a cathedral at the foundation of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton in 1965. It now serves as the seat of the Bishop of Arundel and Brighton.
The cathedral's location, construction, design, and dedication owe much to the Howard family, who, as Dukes of Norfolk and Earls of Arundel are the most prominent English Catholic family, and rank first (below the royal family) in the Peerage of England. Since 1102 the seat of the Howards' ancestors has been Arundel Castle.
In 1664 Roman Catholic worship was suppressed in England by the Conventicle Act and all churches and cathedrals in England were transferred to the Church of England. With the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 the foundation of Roman Catholic parishes became again legal.
In 1868 Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk commissioned architect Joseph Hansom to design a new Roman Catholic sanctuary as a suitable counterpart to Arundel Castle. The architectural style of the cathedral is French Gothic, a style that would have been popular between 1300 and 1400—the period in which the Howards and the Dukes of Norfolk rose to national prominence in England. The building is Grade I listed, and regarded as one of the finest examples of Gothic Revival architecture in the French Gothic style in the country.
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