Salford Cathedral
| Salford Cathedral | |
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| Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist | |
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 Salford Cathedral
Location within Greater Manchester
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| Coordinates: 53°29′01″N 2°15′40″W / 53.483641°N 2.26103°W | |
| OS grid reference | grid reference SJ82769857 |
| Location | City of Salford, Greater Manchester |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | www.salforddiocese.net |
| History | |
| Consecrated | 1890 |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* listed |
| Architect(s) | Matthew Ellison Hadfield |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Years built | 1844–48 |
| Specifications | |
| Number of spires | 1 |
| Spire height | 73.2 m |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Salford (since 1850) |
| Province | Liverpool |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Rt. Rev. John Arnold |
| Dean | Rev. Fr. Michael Jones |
| Laity | |
| Director of music | Martin Barry |
| Organist(s) | Anthony Hunt |
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist, usually known as Salford Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. Located on Chapel Street, Salford, not far from Manchester city centre, it is the seat of the Bishop of Salford and mother church of the Diocese of Salford. The architectural style is decorated neo-Gothic, and the Cathedral is a Grade II* listed building.
St. John's Church, Salford, was built between 1844 and 1848 to designs of John Grey Weightman and Matthew Ellison Hadfield (1812–1885) of Weightman and Hadfield of Sheffield, with Matthew Ellison Hadfield by Benjamin Hollins of Manchester. Hadfield's design for St. John's, the first cruciform Catholic church to be built in England since the Reformation, was closely modelled on a number of noted medieval churches. The "west" (actually south) front and nave are copied on a reduced scale from Howden Minster in the East Riding of Yorkshire; the choir and sanctuary are closely modelled on those of Selby Abbey in North Yorkshire; the decorations of the groined vault are copied from the church of St Jacques in Liege, Belgium; the tower and spire, the latter the tallest in Lancashire at the time of building, are derived from the church of St Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire.
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