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La catedral de San Juan (en inglés St. John's Cathedral) es unacatedral anglicana ubicada en Saint John's (Antigua y Barbuda) Construida en 1845, es la sucesora de una catedral anterior (1745) y una aún más antigua (1683), destruidas ambas en esas fechas debido a movimientos sísmicos. En el extremo sur, se encuentran verjas dehierro con imágenes de plomo de San Juan el Evangelista y San Juan el Bautista, llevadas en 1756 por un buque francés con destino a Martinica.
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St. John's Cathedral (Antigua and Barbuda)
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St. John's Cathedral
St. John the DivineCathedral Church of the Diocese of North Eastern Caribbean and Aruba
Basic information
Location St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda

Affiliation Anglican
Province St. John’s
Year consecrated Originally consecrated in 1683, then rebuilt in 1746 and finally newly built in 1845
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Good
Status Anglican Church

St. John's Cathedral also known asthe St. John the Divine, the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of North Eastern Caribbean and Aruba, is anAnglican church perched on a hilltop in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda. It is the seat of the Diocese of the North East Caribbean and Aruba in the Church in the Province of the West Indies.
The present cathedral with its imposing white twin towers was built on a fossilized reef, in 1845, and is nowin its third incarnation, as earthquakes in 1683 and in 1745 destroyed the previous structures. The iron gates on the south face of the church are flanked by pillars displaying lead Biblical figures of St John the Divineand St John the Baptist. They were taken by HMS Temple in 1756, from a French ship destined for Martinique.
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History

StJohn's Cathedral
The present church is the successor cathedral built in the same location where two other churches had existed one after the other. The first St. John’s Anglican Church built here in 1681 was a simple wooden structure, devoid of any decorations. This was severely damaged in the earthquake in 1745. The second, much larger church was built in 1746 of English bricks. The architect of thischurch was Robert Cullen. It had a short steeplefrom the western end.
Nearly a century later, the Diocese of Antigua was established in 1842, and St. John's designated its cathedral. Soon thereafter, however, in February 1843 an earthquake caused serious damage to the church. The church was partially restored, and the first Bishop of Antigua, Daniel Davis.
Adjoining the old church, which wasdamaged, a new cathedral was planned and construction began on October 9, 1845, after SirCharles Augustus FitzRoy, Governor of Antigua laid the foundation stoneAt the end of three years of construction the new cathedral started its first divine service, with the consecration taking place on July 25, 1848The new church was reportedly able to accommodate a congregation of 2,200.
The present historyof the church has been acclaimed by a citizen of Antigua, a centenarian, in his memoirs who has said, "the planters called the Cathedral 'Big Church' and that it frightened the people as a symbol of English power. He also said that the Anglican Church catered more for the planter class, but the black people got more involved at about the time of World War I. At last some black persons’ names werememorialized on the cathedral's walls."
In 2008 it was reported that the church is in a state of disrepair and that a renovation project has been in the pipeline for several years. Also affected is the large cemetery of the church which is often used as something of a park during lunch breaks by Antiguan workers.
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Architecture

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