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|name=St. George's Cathedral Church
| name = The Cathedral Church of Saint George
|image=St George, Kingston.jpg
| image = St. George's Cathedral - Kingston Ontario Canada (2010-04-23).jpg
|caption=St. George's Cathedral
| caption = St. George's Cathedral
| location = 270 King Street East<br />[[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]], [[Ontario]]
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|dedication=[[St. George]]
|denomination=[[Anglican Church of Canada]]
| country = Canada
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| coordinates = {{coord|44|13|46|N|76|28|59|W|region:CA-ON_type:landmark|display=title,inline}}
|parish=Kingston, Ontario
| founded date = {{start date|1792}}<ref name=hist>{{cite web|url=http://www.stgeorgescathedral.ca/index.cfm/history-architecture/a-st-georgee28099s-cathedral-timeline/|title=A St George's Cathedral Timeline|publisher=St George's Cathedral|website=stgeorgescathedral.ca|year=2019}}</ref>
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|diocese=[[Anglican Diocese of Ontario|Ontario]]
| founder = [[John Stuart (priest)|John Stuart]]<ref name=hist/>
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|province=[[Ecclesiastical Province of Canada|Canada]]
| consecrated date = 1828<ref name=hist/>
|organistdom=
| architect = Thomas Rogers<ref name=historicp>{{cite web|url=https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=8197|title=St. George's Cathedral|work=Canada's Historic Places|year=2019|accessdate=22 September 2019|publisher=Parks Canada}}</ref>
|dean=
| style = [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] & [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]]<ref name=historicp/>
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|website=St. George's Cathedral http://www.stgeorgescathedral.on.ca/}}
| groundbreaking = 1825<ref name=hist/>
| status = [[Cathedral]]
| functional status = Active
| denomination = [[Anglican Church of Canada]]
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| dedication = [[St. George]]
| parish = St. George
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| diocese = [[Anglican Diocese of Ontario|Ontario]]
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| province = [[Ecclesiastical Province of Canada|Canada]]
| dean = The Very Rev. Douglas Michael (2022-)
| director = Brad Barbeau
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| website = [http://www.stgeorgescathedral.ca/ stgeorgescathedral.ca]
}}


'''St. George's Cathedral''' in [[Kingston, Ontario]] is the cathedral church of the [[Anglican Diocese of Ontario]].
'''St. George's Cathedral''' in [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], is the cathedral church of the [[Anglican Diocese of Ontario]].


==History==
==History==
[[File:John Stuart.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[John Stuart (priest)|John Stuart]] served as the church's first rector]]
The original St. George's parish church was a wooden building constructed in 1792 located across from what is now [[Kingston Public Market|Kingston Market Square]], and was the first church built in the Kingston area.<ref>Osborne, Brian S. and Donald Swainson. ''Kingston, Building on the Past for the Future''. Quarry Heritage Books, 2011. ISBN 1-55082-351-5. p. 33</ref> [[John Stuart (clergyman)|John Stuart]] was the Rector. The present church building was constructed at another location (King St. at Johnson St.) during the years 1825–28. Architect [[William Coverdale (architect)|William Coverdale]] enlarged it in 1838–40 with the addition of a rebuilt steeple and the doric portico 1842.<ref>http://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1625 William Coverdale (architect)</ref>
The original St. George's parish church was a wooden building constructed in 1792 located across from what is now [[Kingston Public Market|Kingston Market Square]], and was the first church built in the Kingston area.<ref>Osborne, Brian S. and Donald Swainson. ''Kingston, Building on the Past for the Future''. Quarry Heritage Books, 2011. {{ISBN|1-55082-351-5}}. p. 33</ref> [[John Stuart (priest)|John Stuart]] was the Rector.


It was elevated to cathedral status in 1862. In 1891–94 the transepts, choir and dome were built but shortly thereafter in 1899 the interior was badly damaged by fire. [[S. George Curry]] (architect) and Joseph Power performed a complete restoration in 1899–1900.<ref>http://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1634 [[S. George Curry]] (architect)</ref>
The present church building was constructed at another location (King St. at Johnson St.) during the years 1825–1828. Architect [[William Coverdale (architect)|William Coverdale]] enlarged it in 1838–1840 with the addition of a rebuilt steeple and the doric portico 1842.<ref>http://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1625 William Coverdale (architect)</ref>


It was elevated to cathedral status in 1862. In 1891–1894 the transepts, choir and dome were built but shortly thereafter in 1899 the interior was badly damaged by fire. [[S. George Curry]] (architect) and Joseph Power performed a complete restoration in 1899–1900.<ref>http://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1634 [[S. George Curry]] (architect)</ref>
For many years [[Royal Military College of Canada]] (RMC) cadets and other military groups have marched into St. George's for worship on special occasions. 'Copper Sunday', an annual church parade from RMC to St. George's, in which cadets took up a collection of copper coins, was established in 1882 or earlier.


==Worship at the Cathedral==
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In 1918, the Royal Military College's Great War Memorial Flag was presented to the Rector of St. George's Cathedral, The Very Rev. Dean Starr, honorary Chaplain to the college, by the then Commandant, Brig. General C. N. Perreau, C.M.G.. The 18 feet by 24 feet flag hung on the north gallery of the cathedral, until the summer of 1934, when it was removed to the college museum for preservation. 932 Maple leaves represent those graduates who served, and 147 crimson leaves represent those who paid the supreme sacrifice in the Great War.<ref>Royal Military College of Canada - Review Yearbook (Kingston, Ontario Canada) - Class of 1935, page 33</ref>


'''Choral Eucharist''': Sundays @ 10:30am
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In a 1942 church parade ceremony, General Hertzberg asked permission of the churchwarden, RMC Professor W.R.P. Bridger to lay up the RMC colours in the cathedral. After the congregation were addressed by the Lord Bishop of Ontario, the cadet battalion marched back to the college.<ref>Preston `Canada`s RMC: A History of the Royal Military College` (University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1969)</ref>
'''Choral Evensong''': 1st and 3rd Wednesdays @ 7:00pm
<gallery>
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Image:King's Colour of Royal Military College of Canada.jpg|King's Colour of Royal Military College of Canada (in Saint-George's Cathedral)
Image:Royal_Military_College_of_Canada_Colours.jpg|Royal Military College of Canada Colours (in Saint-George's Cathedral)
Image:Stained Glass window depicting St George in St George`s Cathedral (Kingston) donated by alumni of the Royal Military College of Canada.gif|Stained Glass window depicting [[Saint George]] in St George`s Cathedral in [[Royal Military College of Canada]] gallery


Weekday service times are available on the Cathedral website.
</gallery>


==Association with the Royal Military College==
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A virtual tour the [[Royal Military College of Canada]] gallery at the Cathedral Church of St. George features stained glass windows of several soldier saints including St. George. The most recent windows—the St. Cecilia window and the St. Margaret window—also in the RMC gallery, were installed in 2002 and 2003 respectively.<ref>http://www.virtualkingston.ca/fullscreens/stgeorges/stgeorges_south.html Virtual tour of St. George's Cathedral</ref>
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For many years [[Royal Military College of Canada]] (RMC) cadets and other military groups have marched into St. George's for worship on special occasions. 'Copper Sunday', an annual church parade from RMC to St. George's, in which cadets took up a collection of copper coins, was established in 1882 or earlier. A memorial tablet was erected before 1899 to the memory of three officers, graduates of the Royal Military College of Canada, who died while serving in Africa: Huntly Brodie Mackay, Captain Royal Engineers; William Henry Robinson, Captain Royal Engineers; and [[William Grant Stairs]], Captain the Welsh Regiment,<ref>Richard Preston 'Canada's RMC: A History of the Royal Military College', University of Toronto Press, 1969</ref> but was lost in the 1899 fire and was not replaced.

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A memorial tablet was erected in 1902 to the memory of three officers, graduates of the [[Royal Military College of Canada]], who died while serving in Africa: Huntly Brodie Mackay, Captain Royal Engineers; William Henry Robinson, Captain Royal Engineers; and [[William Grant Stairs]], Captain the Welsh Regiment.<ref>Richard Preston 'Canada's RMC: A History of the Royal Military College', University of Toronto Press, 1969</ref>

==Controversy==
The cathedral was involved in a [[paedophilia]] scandal in the 1980s involving Choirmaster John Gallienne, who was revealed to have been systematically abusing choirboys of the boys' choir, now disbanded in consequence.<ref>{{cite book|last=Steed|first=Judy|title=Our Little Secret|publisher=Random House|year=1994|pages=1–49|chapter=Kingston: Corruption in the Cathedral|isbn=0-394-22318-7}}</ref>


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In 1918, the Royal Military College's Great War Memorial Flag was presented to the rector of St. George's Cathedral, the Very Rev. Dean Starr, honorary chaplain to the college, by the then Commandant, Brig. General C. N. Perreau, C.M.G.. The 18 feet by 24 feet flag hung on the north gallery of the cathedral, until the summer of 1934, when it was removed to the college museum for preservation. 932 Maple leaves represent those graduates who served, and 147 crimson leaves represent those who paid the supreme sacrifice in the Great War.<ref>Royal Military College of Canada - Review Yearbook (Kingston, Ontario Canada) - Class of 1935, page 33</ref>
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[[File:King's Colour of Royal Military College of Canada.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Military colours, standards and guidons|King's Colour]] of the Royal Military College of Canada was placed in the cathedral in 1942.]]
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In a 1942 church parade ceremony, General Hertzberg asked permission of the churchwarden, RMC Professor W.R.P. Bridger to lay up the RMC colours in the cathedral. After the congregation were addressed by the Lord Bishop of Ontario, the cadet battalion marched back to the college.<ref>Preston `Canada`s RMC: A History of the Royal Military College` (University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1969)</ref>


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A virtual tour the Royal Military College of Canada gallery at the Cathedral Church of St. George features stained glass windows of several soldier saints including St. George. The most recent windows—the St. Cecilia window and the St. Margaret window—also in the RMC gallery, were installed in 2002 and 2003 respectively.<ref>http://www.virtualkingston.ca/fullscreens/stgeorges/stgeorges_south.html Virtual tour of St. George's Cathedral</ref>


==Pop culture==
==Popular culture==
St. George's Cathedral, Kingston was treated fictionally as St. Nicholas's, Salterton, in [[Robertson Davies]]'s novel ''Leaven of Malice''.
St. George's Cathedral, Kingston was treated fictionally as St. Nicholas's, Salterton, in [[Robertson Davies]]'s novel ''Leaven of Malice''.
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File:ON - Kingston - St. George's Cathedral.jpg|St. George's Cathedral
File:ON - Kingston - St. George's Cathedral2.jpg|St. George's Cathedral
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==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Anglicanism}}
{{Portal|Christianity}}
* [[List of cathedrals in Canada]]
* [[Saint George: Devotions, traditions and prayers]]
* [[Saint George in devotions, traditions and prayers]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
{{refbegin}}
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite book|editor-last= Swainson|editor-first=Donald|title= St George’s Cathedral: Two Hundred Years of Community|year= 1991|location= Kingston, ON|publisher= Quarry Press|isbn= 978-1-55082-030-0|oclc= 24375034}}
*{{cite book|editor-last= Swainson|editor-first=Donald|title= St George's Cathedral: Two Hundred Years of Community|year= 1991|location= Kingston, ON|publisher= Quarry Press|isbn= 978-1-55082-030-0|oclc= 24375034}}
{{refend}}
{{refend}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
{{Commons category|St. George's Cathedral (Kingston)}}
{{Commons category|St. George's Cathedral (Kingston, Ontario)}}
*[http://www.stgeorgescathedral.on.ca/ St. George's Cathedral website]
*{{official|http://www.stgeorgescathedral.on.ca/}}
*[http://www.virtualkingston.ca/fullscreens/stgeorges/stgeorges_south.html Virtual tour of St. George's Cathedral]
*[http://www.virtualkingston.ca/fullscreens/stgeorges/stgeorges_south.html Virtual tour of St. George's Cathedral]
*[http://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_1_8854_1.html Ontario Heritage Trust St. George's Cathedral (City of Kingston) - 1825]
*[http://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_1_8854_1.html Ontario Heritage Trust St. George's Cathedral (City of Kingston) - 1825]
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Latest revision as of 21:27, 18 April 2024

The Cathedral Church of Saint George
St. George's Cathedral
Map
44°13′46″N 76°28′59″W / 44.22944°N 76.48306°W / 44.22944; -76.48306
Location270 King Street East
Kingston, Ontario
CountryCanada
DenominationAnglican Church of Canada
Websitestgeorgescathedral.ca
History
StatusCathedral
Founded1792 (1792)[1]
Founder(s)John Stuart[1]
DedicationSt. George
Consecrated1828[1]
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Thomas Rogers[2]
StyleGeorgian & Neoclassical[2]
Groundbreaking1825[1]
Administration
ProvinceCanada
DioceseOntario
ParishSt. George
Clergy
DeanThe Very Rev. Douglas Michael (2022-)
Laity
Director of musicBrad Barbeau

St. George's Cathedral in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, is the cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Ontario.

History[edit]

John Stuart served as the church's first rector

The original St. George's parish church was a wooden building constructed in 1792 located across from what is now Kingston Market Square, and was the first church built in the Kingston area.[3] John Stuart was the Rector.

The present church building was constructed at another location (King St. at Johnson St.) during the years 1825–1828. Architect William Coverdale enlarged it in 1838–1840 with the addition of a rebuilt steeple and the doric portico 1842.[4]

It was elevated to cathedral status in 1862. In 1891–1894 the transepts, choir and dome were built but shortly thereafter in 1899 the interior was badly damaged by fire. S. George Curry (architect) and Joseph Power performed a complete restoration in 1899–1900.[5]

Worship at the Cathedral[edit]

Choral Eucharist: Sundays @ 10:30am

Choral Evensong: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays @ 7:00pm

Weekday service times are available on the Cathedral website.

Association with the Royal Military College[edit]

For many years Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) cadets and other military groups have marched into St. George's for worship on special occasions. 'Copper Sunday', an annual church parade from RMC to St. George's, in which cadets took up a collection of copper coins, was established in 1882 or earlier. A memorial tablet was erected before 1899 to the memory of three officers, graduates of the Royal Military College of Canada, who died while serving in Africa: Huntly Brodie Mackay, Captain Royal Engineers; William Henry Robinson, Captain Royal Engineers; and William Grant Stairs, Captain the Welsh Regiment,[6] but was lost in the 1899 fire and was not replaced.

In 1918, the Royal Military College's Great War Memorial Flag was presented to the rector of St. George's Cathedral, the Very Rev. Dean Starr, honorary chaplain to the college, by the then Commandant, Brig. General C. N. Perreau, C.M.G.. The 18 feet by 24 feet flag hung on the north gallery of the cathedral, until the summer of 1934, when it was removed to the college museum for preservation. 932 Maple leaves represent those graduates who served, and 147 crimson leaves represent those who paid the supreme sacrifice in the Great War.[7]

The King's Colour of the Royal Military College of Canada was placed in the cathedral in 1942.

In a 1942 church parade ceremony, General Hertzberg asked permission of the churchwarden, RMC Professor W.R.P. Bridger to lay up the RMC colours in the cathedral. After the congregation were addressed by the Lord Bishop of Ontario, the cadet battalion marched back to the college.[8]

A virtual tour the Royal Military College of Canada gallery at the Cathedral Church of St. George features stained glass windows of several soldier saints including St. George. The most recent windows—the St. Cecilia window and the St. Margaret window—also in the RMC gallery, were installed in 2002 and 2003 respectively.[9]

Popular culture[edit]

St. George's Cathedral, Kingston was treated fictionally as St. Nicholas's, Salterton, in Robertson Davies's novel Leaven of Malice.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "A St George's Cathedral Timeline". stgeorgescathedral.ca. St George's Cathedral. 2019.
  2. ^ a b "St. George's Cathedral". Canada's Historic Places. Parks Canada. 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  3. ^ Osborne, Brian S. and Donald Swainson. Kingston, Building on the Past for the Future. Quarry Heritage Books, 2011. ISBN 1-55082-351-5. p. 33
  4. ^ http://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1625 William Coverdale (architect)
  5. ^ http://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1634 S. George Curry (architect)
  6. ^ Richard Preston 'Canada's RMC: A History of the Royal Military College', University of Toronto Press, 1969
  7. ^ Royal Military College of Canada - Review Yearbook (Kingston, Ontario Canada) - Class of 1935, page 33
  8. ^ Preston `Canada`s RMC: A History of the Royal Military College` (University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1969)
  9. ^ http://www.virtualkingston.ca/fullscreens/stgeorges/stgeorges_south.html Virtual tour of St. George's Cathedral

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