Trinity Episcopal Cathedral (Trenton, New Jersey)
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| 40°13′45.83″N 74°47′13.21″W / 40.2293972°N 74.7870028°WCoordinates: 40°13′45.83″N 74°47′13.21″W / 40.2293972°N 74.7870028°W | |
| Location | 801 W. State St. Trenton, New Jersey |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Episcopal Church in the United States of America |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Founded | November 1, 1930 |
| Dedication | January 24, 1954 |
| Consecrated | 1965 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | P.L. Fowler Samuel Mountford A.E. Micklewright |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
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| Height | 60 feet (18 m) |
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| Diocese | New Jersey |
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| Bishop(s) | Rt. Rev. William H. Stokes |
| Dean | Very Rev. René Rory John |
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral is an Episcopal cathedral located in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. It is the seat of the Diocese of New Jersey.
The Rev. Dr. Alfred Baker, rector of Trinity Church in Princeton, New Jersey, has the first recorded mention of a cathedral for the Diocese of New Jersey in a plan he proposed at the Diocesan Convention of 1908. The Rt. Rev. John Scarborough approved of Baker's plan and established a committee of five clergy and five laymen to study the possibility of establishing a cathedral system in the diocese. A plan was proposed and adopted the following year and Bishop Scarborough appointed a Provisional Cathedral Chapter of ten clergy, ten laymen and the Chancellor. The Trustees of the Cathedral Foundation in the Diocese of New Jersey was established in 1913. Over the next several years resolutions to establish a cathedral were passed at the convention, including a scheme to raise the necessary funds. By 1915 Bishop Scarborough was dead and the Rt. Rev. Paul Matthews replaced him. Bishop Matthews saw the need for cathedral works, but not for a cathedra. However, he accepted the offer of the vestry of Christ Church in Trenton of their church as a pro-cathedral. He believed in this way people could visualize the diocesan and cathedral work. The Cathedral League was organized with the responsibility to further the work of the cathedral and to raise the necessary funds. The Rev. Baker was installed as the first Cathedral Dean in 1919.
It was at a meeting of the Foundation on April 24, 1930 that Bishop Matthews mentioned a plan to make Trinity Church in Trenton the diocesan cathedral. The vestry at Trinity approved of the idea and Christ Church, which was only a cathedral in a limited sense, was not opposed. The necessary resolutions were passed by all the entities involved throughout 1930 and on November 1, 1930 Trinity Church officially became Trinity Cathedral. On November 20, 1930 Trinity and All Saints Church agreed to merge. The merger permitted the diocese to acquire land around the All Saints location for the location of the new cathedral. The Trinity property did not allow for this possibility. On January 25, 1931 Bishop Matthews was enthroned in Trinity Cathedral. The Rev. Ralph E. Urban was installed as the Cathedral Dean and the Rev. Hamilton Schuyler as Honorary Canon on February 23 of the same year. The Standing Committee gave its consent to Trinity Church to change its corporate name to Trinity Cathedral on March 16, 1931. The crypt of the present cathedral church was begun in 1935 and completed a year later. The cathedral itself was dedicated on January 24, 1954, and consecrated in 1965. In subsequent years the cathedral has become a parish church.
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