St Columba's Cathedral

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St Columba's Cathedral
St Columba's Cathedral
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View across seafront
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St Columba's Cathedral
Location within Argyll and Bute
56°25′09″N5°28′45″W / 56.419184°N 5.479155°W / 56.419184; -5.479155
Location Oban, Argyll and Bute
Country Scotland
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website www.rcdai.org.uk
Architecture
Architect(s) Giles Gilbert Scott
Style Gothic Revival
Administration
Province St Andrews and Edinburgh
Diocese Argyll and the Isles
Clergy
Archbishop Most Rev Leo Cushley
Bishop(s) Rt Rev Brian McGee

The Cathedral Church of St Columba in Oban is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Argyll and the Isles and mother church of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles. The cathedral is located on the sea front at the northern end of Oban.

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History

The cathedral was designed in the Neo-Gothic style by the architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the foundation stone being laid in 1932 and the building completed in 1952. It is a Category A listed building. [1] The work was partially funded by money raised by the diocese in the USA, Canada and Ireland. It is constructed from pink Peterhead and blue Inverawe granite.

In the Middle Ages the cathedral of the diocese of Argyll was north of Oban on the island of Lismore. Dedicated to St Moluag, Lismore Cathedral is now a Church of Scotland High Kirk.

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References

  1. "Corran Esplanade, Cathedral Church Of St Columba, With Boundary Walls (Roman Catholic), Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 18 May 2010.