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St. George's Cathedral (Kingston)
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St. George's Cathedral in Kingston, Ontario
is the cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Ontario
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William Coverdale (architect) enlarged it in 1838–40 with the addition of a rebuilt steeple and the doric portico 1842.
It was elevated to cathedral status in 1862. In 1891–94 the transepts, choir and dome were built but shortly thereafter in 1899 the interior was badly damaged by fire. S. George Curry
(architect) and Joseph Power performed a complete restoration in 1899-1900.
For many years Royal Military College of Canada
cadets and other military groups have marched into St. George's for worship on special occasions. 'Copper Sunday', an annual church parade from RMC to St. George's, in which cadets took up a collection of copper coins, was established in 1882 or earlier.
In a 1942 church parade ceremony, General Hertzberg asked permission of the churchwarden, RMC Professor W.R.P. Bridger to lay up the RMC colours in the cathedral. After the congregation were addressed by the Lord Bishop of Ontario, the cadet batallion marched back to the college.
A virtual tour the Royal Military College of Canada
gallery at the Cathedral Church of St. George features stained glass windows of several soldier saints including St. George. The most recent windows -- the St. Cecilia window and the St. Margaret window -- also in the RMC gallery, were installed in 2002 and 2003 respectively.
A memorial tablet was erected in 1902 to the memory of three officers, graduates of the Royal Military College of Canada
, who died while serving in Africa: Huntly Brodie Mackay, Captain Royal Engineers; William Henry Robinson, Captain Royal Engineers; and William Grant Stairs
, Captain the Welsh Regiment.
's novel Leaven of Malice.
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
is the cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Ontario
Anglican Diocese of Ontario
The Diocese of Ontario is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada, itself a province of the Anglican Communion. Its See city is Kingston, Ontario, and its cathedral is St. George's, Kingston...
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History
Successor to the first St. George's parish church, a wooden building of 1792 located across from what is now Kingston Market Square, the present church building was constructed from 1825–1828.William Coverdale (architect) enlarged it in 1838–40 with the addition of a rebuilt steeple and the doric portico 1842.
It was elevated to cathedral status in 1862. In 1891–94 the transepts, choir and dome were built but shortly thereafter in 1899 the interior was badly damaged by fire. S. George Curry
S. George Curry
Samuel George Curry was a Canadian architect who practiced in Toronto as the junior partner of several of Toronto’s leading architects, among them Frank Darling and from 1892 Darling's partner John A. Pearson, Henry Sproatt, Francis S. Baker, Ernest Rolph and W. F...
(architect) and Joseph Power performed a complete restoration in 1899-1900.
For many years Royal Military College of Canada
Royal Military College of Canada
The Royal Military College of Canada, RMC, or RMCC , is the military academy of the Canadian Forces, and is a degree-granting university. RMC was established in 1876. RMC is the only federal institution in Canada with degree granting powers...
cadets and other military groups have marched into St. George's for worship on special occasions. 'Copper Sunday', an annual church parade from RMC to St. George's, in which cadets took up a collection of copper coins, was established in 1882 or earlier.
In a 1942 church parade ceremony, General Hertzberg asked permission of the churchwarden, RMC Professor W.R.P. Bridger to lay up the RMC colours in the cathedral. After the congregation were addressed by the Lord Bishop of Ontario, the cadet batallion marched back to the college.
A virtual tour the Royal Military College of Canada
Royal Military College of Canada
The Royal Military College of Canada, RMC, or RMCC , is the military academy of the Canadian Forces, and is a degree-granting university. RMC was established in 1876. RMC is the only federal institution in Canada with degree granting powers...
gallery at the Cathedral Church of St. George features stained glass windows of several soldier saints including St. George. The most recent windows -- the St. Cecilia window and the St. Margaret window -- also in the RMC gallery, were installed in 2002 and 2003 respectively.
A memorial tablet was erected in 1902 to the memory of three officers, graduates of the Royal Military College of Canada
Royal Military College of Canada
The Royal Military College of Canada, RMC, or RMCC , is the military academy of the Canadian Forces, and is a degree-granting university. RMC was established in 1876. RMC is the only federal institution in Canada with degree granting powers...
, who died while serving in Africa: Huntly Brodie Mackay, Captain Royal Engineers; William Henry Robinson, Captain Royal Engineers; and William Grant Stairs
William Grant Stairs
William Grant Stairs was a Canadian-British explorer, soldier, and adventurer who had a leading role in two of the most controversial expeditions in the history of the colonisation of Africa.-Education:...
, Captain the Welsh Regiment.
Controversy
The cathedral was involved in a paedophilia scandal in the 1980s involving Choirmaster John Gallienne, who was revealed to have been systematically abusing choirboys of the boys' choir, now disbanded in consequence.Pop Culture
St. George's Cathedral, Kingston was treated fictionally as St. Nicholas's, Salterton, in Robertson DaviesRobertson Davies
William Robertson Davies, CC, OOnt, FRSC, FRSL was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best-known and most popular authors, and one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies is variously said to have gladly accepted for himself...
's novel Leaven of Malice.