Cathedral of the Isles
Collegiate Church of the Holy Spirit
Opening hours:
08.30 - 17.30
Services
| Sunday | 11.00 Sung Eucharist (coffee and a congregation lunch is served after the Eucharist) |
| Choral services also take place on Advent Sunday, 1st Sunday of Christmas, Candlemas, Palm Sunday, Holy Week, Easter and Pentecost. | There are other choral services but, being on a small island, these can not always be advertised a long time in advance. It is advisable, therefore, to check with the cathedral office. |
Facilities
Entrance: Donation box by West door
Guided tours:
Guided tours of The Cathedral and College are available and tea is served in the annex where there is also a shop.
Refectory:
Tea Room to open shortly
Shop:
Shop to open shortly
Toilet facilities:
adjoining South College
Website:
www.argyllandtheisles.org.uk/cumbrae.html
E-mail address: tccumbrae@argyll.anglican.org
Telephone
Secretary Miss Janice Lamb
01475 531031
mauraofcumbrae@googlemail.com
Music
Director of Music
Alastair Chisholm
(since )
Summer Concert series "Music for a summer afternoon" on Sundays at 15.00 from July to September
Cathedral
Warden
Helen Hamilton
(since )
Building
The origin of the buildings lies with George Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow, who owned the island and who was a great benefactor to the Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Argyll & The Isles. He employed William Butterfield as architect to design a Church and College, opened in 1851, for daily prayer and frequent celebration of Holy Communion, under a collegiate body, in circumstances favourable to religious learning and as an educational and missionary centre, with special regard for the Diocese. In 1876, after the site had been secured, the church was consecrated and designated the Cathedral of The Isles and Pro-Cathedral of Argyll (which was the original intention).
