61. ALTAR

The handsome altar is enriched with delicate tracery in the late Gothic style, and was consecrated in 1971 by Bishop Michael Bowen, then Bishop of Arundel and Brighton. The altar is positioned in line with changes introduced after the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. It is from here that regular celebrations of the Mass are conducted.    PLAN

62. CATHEDRA

The bishop’s chair is called the cathedra – a word from the Latin meaning ‘chair’. It signifies that the bishop of the diocese is centred here, and it is from here that the name ‘cathedral’ for this Church arises.

63. HIGH ALTAR

In most cathedrals, the high altar is only used on special occasions. This high altar has four golden candlesticks and a crucifix contained in a two-door gabled cabinet.

64. APSE WINDOWS

The Magnificat, the Annunciation, the Visitation with the virtues of humilty, charity and prudence; 2. St John the Evangelist, St Philip Neri, St Victoria, St Etheldreda, St James; 3. St Elizabeth of Hungary, St Anne, St Joseph, and Our Lady with the Holy Child; 4. St Henry, St Edmund, St Teresa, St Margaret of Hungary, and St Vincent de Paul; 5. God speaks to Moses from the burning bush, Michael conquers Satan, and the Women of the Apocalypse with the virtues of piety, patience and obedience.     

65. APSE CLERESTORY WINDOWS (NORTH)

The great clerestory windows high in the apse represent choirs of angels and archangels to whom names are attributed in Scripture. From left we have: Dominions, Virtues, Powers, Principalities, Archangels Uriel and Raphael, ...

66. APSE CLERESTORY WINDOWS (SOUTH)

...Archangels Michael and Gabriel, Archangels Chamuel and Zadkiel, Angels [photograph missing], Seraphims, Thrones and Cherubim.

67. THE ROOD CROSS

This carved Victorian crucifix was a gift in 1979 from the Priory of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Kingston near Lewes. The figure of Christ makes a central, if distant, focus for worshippers in this Cathedral. This completes our tour of Arundel Cathedral.