Services

Service Sheet www.thecathedral.org.uk

Facilities

Website: www.thecathedral.org.uk

E-mail address: office@thecathedral.org.uk

Telephone
Cathedral Office 0141 339 6691

Music

Director of Music
Frikki Walker (since 1996)

Choir
Voluntary mixed choir of about 20 members many of whom are students or professional musicians.  St Mary's is gaining a reputation for the promotion and performance of contemporary church music alongside the traditional repertoire.

Organ

William Hill 1871, rebuild Harrison & Harrison 1907, rebuild Hill, Norman & Beard 1967 & 1990

3 manual  59 stops

Pedal 19 stops, Positiv 13 stops, Great 13 stops, Swell 14 stops

Cathedral

Rector & Provost
The Very Revd Kelvin Holdsworth (since 2006)

Bishop and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
The Most Revd Idris Jones (since 1998)
retired July 2009 (election of new Primus to be announced)

Building

St Mary's Cathedral is one of the city's best Gothic Revival buildings, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and constructed by the finest craftsmen available. Most of the stained glass was designed by the Studios of Hardman and Clayton & Bell. The church was opened for worship in 1871 and St Mary's was consecrated in 1884. Nine years later, the imposing spire, added to the original square tower, was finally completed to the design of Scott's son.   In1908 it became the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway.  Cathedral status required the addition of the Synod Hall and other offices immediately afterwards. Since that time the major architectural change has been the refitting of the chancel. This work was carried out by Sir Robert Lorimer, the most distinguished Scottish architect of his day, soon after the First World War.