St. John's Cathedral

St. John's Cathedral is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Manitoba · 135 Anderson Avenue, Winnipeg · location approximate

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The first Protestant Church in the Red River Settlement was established on this site in 1822 by John West, a Church of England clergyman sent by the Hudson's Bay Company. West and his successors ministered to the needs of fur traders and settlers at Red River, founded schools, and established Indian missions. Subsequently, the Cathedral became the administrative, educational, and missionary centre of the Anglican Church in Western Canada. Four churches have occupied this site. A stone church replaced the original Red River frame structure in 1833. A second stone church, erected in 1862, was replaced in 1926 by the present Cathedral. Designed in the Gothic style by Winnipeg architects Gilbert Parfitt and Edgar Prain, it incorporates stone taken from the earlier churches. The Cathedral contains many mementoes of St. John's history and is notable for its stained glass. Many prominent missionaries and citizens are buried in the Cathedral cemetery.

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La première église anglicane de la colonie de la rivière Rouge fut construite sur ce site en 1822 par John West, membre du clergé de l'Église d'Angleterre envoyé par la Hudson's Bay Company. John West et ses successeurs pourvoyaient aux besoins des colons de la rivière Rouge et à ceux des personnes qui faisaient la traite des fourrures. Ils fondèrent aussi des écoles et établirent des missions indiennes. La cathédrale devit donc le centre administratif, scolaire et religieux de l'Église anglicane dans l'Ouest canadien. Quatre églises ont déjà existé sur ces lieux. En 1833, une église en pierre remplace la structure originale, construite selon le style dit " pièce sur pièce de charpente ". Une deuxième église en pierre, construite en 1862, fut remplacée par la cathédrale actuelle en 1926. Celle-ci, de style gothique, fut conçue par les architectes Gilbert Parfitt et Edgar Prain de Winnipeg et on y trouve incorporée de la pierre des anciennes églises. Cette cathédrale reconnue pour ses vitraux contient beaucoup de souvenirs qui rappellent l'histoire de la paroisse de St. John. Un grand nombre de missionnaires et de citoyens bien connus sont enterrés dans son cimetière.

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