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Bristol Cathedral

Cathedral Church of the Holy & Undivided Trinity

Opening hours: 08.00-18.00

Map: Bristol city centre external link

Services

Sunday Eucharist 10.00; Choral Evensong 15.30
Weekdays Choral Evensong 17.15 Mon-Fri; 15.30 Sat

Service Sheet www.bristol-cathedral.co.uk/index.php?id=24 external link

Facilities

Entrance: Free but donation requested

Disabled:

Photography: Permitted

Guided tours: May to October every Saturday

Website: www.bristol-cathedral.co.uk external link

E-mail address: reception@bristol-cathedral.co.uk

Telephone
Cathedral Office 0117 926 4879

Music

Organist & Master of the Choristers
Mark Lee (since 1998)

Choir

The Choir consists of sixteen boy Choristers, six Lay Clerks and three Organ Scholars. The boys are all educated at Bristol Cathedral School. Girls Choir formed in 1993 of 26 girls, aged 11-18, who sing Evensong on Thursdays.


Organ

Built by J W Walker in 1907, incorporating earlier fine work of Renatus Harris. Restoration N P Mander 1990 & 2005

4 manuals 65 stops:

Pedal 15 stops, Choir 10 stops, Great 16 stops, Swell 16 stops, Solo 8 stops

www.bristol-cathedral.co.uk/index.php?id=32


Organ specification www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D04989 external link

Cathedral

Dean
The Very Revd David Hoyle (since 2010)

Bishop
The Right Revd Michael Hill (since 1993)

Building

An earlier abbey was turned into the Cathedral in 1542.  G E Street completed the building of the Nave in 1877 and J L Pearson added two towers at the west end. The 'Harrowing of Hell' is one of the finest examples of Saxon Stone in the country, dating from before the Norman Conquest.


Bristol Cathedral
Bristol Cathedral Bristol Cathedral across College Green Bristol - The Nave Bristol - Choir and Organ

FCM at Bristol

FCM Grants

1980

£4,000

1987

£4,000

1996

£6,000

2001

£10,000

2010

£25,000

FCM Diocesan Representative

David Tiley


FCM National Gatherings

1961, 1986, 1996, 2001


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