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St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Cathedral from the east
Basic information
Location	Bury St Edmunds
Full name	Cathedral Church of St James
County	Suffolk
Country	England
Ecclesiastical information
Denomination	Church of England
Tradition	Liberal Catholic
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Diocese created	1914
Bishop	The Right Reverend Nigel Stock
Dean	The Very Reverend Neil Collings
Precentor	The Reverend Canon Michael Hampel
Canons	The Reverend Canon Dr Christopher Burdon Theologian
Director of Music	James Thomas
Organist	David Humphreys
Website	www.stedscathedral.co.uk
Building information
Dates built	1503-2005
Architectural style	Gothic, Gothic Revival

Coordinates: 52°14′38″N 0°43′0″E / 52.24389, 0.71667

St Edmundsbury Cathedral is the cathedral for the Church of England's Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. It is the seat of the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and is in Bury St Edmunds.

History

A church has stood on the site of the cathedral since at least 1065, when St Denis's Church was built within the precincts of Bury St. Edmunds Abbey.¹ In the early 12th century the then Abbot, Anselm, tried to make a pilgrimage along the Way of St. James to Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. He was unsuccessful, so instead rebuilt St Denis's and dedicated the new church to Saint James, which served as the parish church for the north side of Bury St Edmunds.

This church was largely rebuilt, starting in 1503, with more alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. When the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich was created in 1914, St James Church was made the cathedral. In 1959 Benjamin Britten wrote the Fanfare for St Edmundsbury for a "Pageant of Magna Carta" held in the cathedral grounds.

From 1960 onwards, there was renewed building work designed to transform the parish church into a cathedral building, with the rebuilding of the chancel and the creation of transepts and side chapels. The architect for this work was Stephen Dykes Bower. In the cathedral grounds a new choir school and visitor's centre were built which were opened in 1990. Most recently, a Gothic revival tower was built between 2000 and 2005.

The nave of Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, facing East

Organ and Organists

Organ

Details of the organ from the National Pipe Organ Register

Organists

• 1896 C.H.J.Shann
• 1937 Edwin Percy Hallam
• 1958 Harrison Oxley
• 1985 Paul Trepte
• 1990 Mark Blatchly
• 1993 Mervyn Cousins
• 1997 James Thomas

See also

• List of cathedrals in the United Kingdom

References

1. ^ "History - Building The Church", St Edmundsbury Cathedral, http://www.stedscathedral.co.uk/830.htm, retrieved on 10 March 2008. 

External links

• Official site
• Flickr images tagged Bury St Edmunds Cathedral
• Images of England — details from listed building database (466649)

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