CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL
NEWCASTLE, NSW ANGLICAN
PAUL SCOTT
The numbers on this plan of Christ Church Cathedral indicate the route we shall take in exploring this building. We notice the narthex at #9, the baptistry at ##13,14, St Michael’s Chapel at ##21–25.
The Cathedral is actually cruciform in shape, although the transept is unusually wide in the East – West direction.
A comment about the page numbering ... . My cathedral websites have been created over a period of years, and there have been on-going changes. The pages of this site have numbers scattered with As, Bs and Cs, correspnding to grouping of the subject matter. I do not use this notation any more, but have decided to retain it here. First of all, that is easiest! But who knows, perhaps it was a better system?
A brief history of the Cathedral is given below. However, if you want to begin your tour of the Cathedral immediately, tap / click on START . You can also access intermediate points in the tour by a tap / click on the following links:
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HISTORY
[Wikipedia]
The Cathedral Church of Christ the King, also called Christ Church Cathedral, is an Australian cathedral in Newcastle, New South Wales. It is the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Newcastle in the Anglican Church of Australia. The building, designed by John Horbury Hunt in the Gothic Revival style, is located on a hill at the city’s eastern end in the suburb called ‘The Hill’. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 28 June 2011.
The current dean, the Very Reverend Katherine Bowyer (former rector of the Parish of Cardiff) was installed on 4 October 2017. She is the first woman to hold the position in this Cathedral.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Church_Cathedral,_Newcastle
An extensive history and commetary about Christ Church Cathedral follows on this site, and you are referred to the above link.
