Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Saskatoon)
- Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Saskatoon)
The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, located at 816 Spadina Crescent East,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada is the cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Saskatoon. Although Saskatoon was founded in 1883, St. John's, its first Anglican parish, was not established until 1902 owing to the substantially Methodist and to a lesser extent Presbyterian character of the early settlement, it having been founded as a temperance colony. The first St. John's church, a wooden frame building, was erected in 1903; the present brick, Tyndall stone and terra cotta building was raised in 1912-17, in an unornamented neo-Gothic style. Its chief distinguishing characteristic is a rood screen at the chancel steps. The rood screen, pulpit, lectern, and high altar are made of Carrara ware (Doulton white terra cotta resembling Italian Carrera marble). The cornerstone was laid by the Duke of Connaught, Governor General of Canada, in 1912.
St. John's was designated a pro-cathedral in 1924 while Saskatoon remained part of the Anglican Diocese of Saskatchewan with its cathedral in Prince Albert. In 1932 the Diocese of Saskatoon was created and St. John's became its cathedral. The cathedral had only a small reed organ and piano by way of musical instruments until 1956 when a three-manual Hill, Norman and Beard organ was built; it was replaced by a two-manual Casavant Frères organ in 1981-1982.
The nave is 40×14m in size; it together with the transepts originally sat 1100. The seating capacity has been reduced to 800 with the removal of pews at the liturgical west end and to accommodate a nave altar at the crossing. Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh have worshipped at St. John's three times (1951, 1959, 1987), and Governor General Viscount Alexander worshipped there in 1948.
ee also
* Monarchy in Saskatchewan
* Saskatoon Royal Connections
References
Szalasznyi, Kathy: "Legacy of Faith: St. John's Anglican Cathedral", "Saskatoon History Review", 1989, pp. 1-5.
External links
* [http://stjohns.sasktelwebsite.net/ St John's Cathedral, Saskatoon website]
* [http://www.sasktelwebsite.net/stjohns/history.html History]
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