St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral

St Paul's Anglican Catherdral on the corner of Molesworth and Hill Streets in Wellington, New Zealand, was designed by Cecil Wood, appointed by the Wellington Diocese as the architect of the new cathedral in 1938.

Cecil Wood died in 1947 and though he never lived to see the Cathedral so much as begun, the building today is still very much as he envisaged it. The first stage of the new Cathedral, finished in 1964, was considerably shorter than its present exterior length of 88 metres.

1998 saw the dedication of the completed Cathedral by Bishop Thomas John Brown, 10th Bishop of Wellington, on May 31st.

In 2001 the Cathedral was consecrated on the 15th of October by Bishop Thomas Brown, 10th Bishop of Wellington.

On the 24th of February 2002 Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, unveiled the Consecration stone, her planned visit in October 2001 having been postponed because of security concerns after the September 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Sources:

• Wellington Cathedral website - an excellent history of the building

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