St Cyprian's Cathedral, Kimberley

Cathedral Church of St Cyprian the Martyr
St Cyprian's Cathedral: south transept and tower
Location	129 Du Toit's Pan Road, Kimberley
Country	South Africa
Denomination	Anglican Church of Southern Africa
History
Founded	Parish founded 1871
Dedication	St Cyprian
Dedicated	Present building dedicated 13 May 1908
Architecture
Architect(s)	Arthur Lindley with D.W. Greatbatch
Style	Gothic Revival
Completed	Dedication of Nave in 1908
Administration
Archdeaconry	Cathedral Archdeaconry within the Archdeaconry of the Karoo
Diocese	Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman
Province	Anglican Church of Southern Africa
Clergy
Dean	The Very Revd Fr Reginald Leeuw

The Cathedral Church of St Cyprian the Martyr, Kimberley, is the seat of the Bishop of the Kimberley and Kuruman, Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The building was dedicated in 1908, becoming a Cathedral when the Synod of Bishops mandated formation of the new Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman in October 1911. The first Bishop, the Rt Revd Wilfrid Gore Browne, was enthroned there on 30 June 1912.

The Parish of St Cyprian dates back to 1871 when a chapelry of the Parish of All Saints, Du Toit's Pan, Diocese of Bloemfontein, at first met in a tent in the nearby New Rush, on the Diamond Fields, a place later renamed Kimberley.

Churches in diggers' camps on the South African Diamond Fields met initially in tents in 1870-71. The first Anglican Church to be built was St Mary’s in Barkly West. The nascent St Cyprian's congregation gathered later in a metal-roofed building, the Odd Fellows' Hall near the Market Square and, from 1880 to 1908, in Jones Street, in a prefabricated wood and iron building which had been imported from England.

The first rector was Fr John Witherston Rickards, previously a curate at St Cyprian's, Marylebone, London. He was appointed by the Bishop of Bloemfontein, the Rt Revd Allan Webb, being diverted from Modderpoort to the Diamond Fields when he arrived in 1871.