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{{distinguish|St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Victoria, British Columbia)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox church
| name = St. Andrew's Cathedral
| image = St. Andrew's Cathedral, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 01.jpg
| alt = Exterior view of a red brick cathedral with a large spire built into a corner
| caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|48.425417|N|123.362861|W|display=title,inline}}
| location = 740 View Street<br />[[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], [[British Columbia]]<br />V8W 1J8
| country = Canada
| denomination = [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]
| website = [https://www.standrewscathedral.com standrewscathedral.com]
| status = Cathedral
| functional status = Active
| architect = Perrault and Messier
| architectural type = Maurice Perrault and Albert Mesnard
| style = [[High Victorian Gothic]]
| groundbreaking = 1890
| completed date = 1892
| construction cost = [[Canadian dollar|C]]$81,052{{notetag|name=infl|Figure is not adjusted for inflation}}
| width nave = {{convert|22|m|ft}}
| spire height = {{convert|53.4|m|ft}}
| parish = St. Andrew's Parish
| metropolis = Vancouver
| diocese = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria in Canada|Victoria]]
| province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver|British Columbia]]
| bishop = [[Gary Gordon (bishop)|Gary Gordon]]
| embedded = {{Designation list |embed=yes |designation1=NHSC |designation1_offname=St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Cathedral National Historic Site of Canada |designation1_date=1990 }}
}}

'''St. Andrew's Cathedral''' is the [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[cathedral]] for the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria in Canada|Diocese]] of [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]] in [[British Columbia]], Canada. Built in the [[High Victorian Gothic]] style, St. Andrew's was Victoria's third cathedral to be built.

==History==
The cathedral is the third building to be used by the parish. The first building was used from 1858 to 1884 (presently used as the Chapel of [[St. Ann's Academy (Victoria, British Columbia)|St. Ann's Academy]] on Humboldt Street). The second building was used from 1884 to 1892 (situated behind the current building now occupied by the St. Andrew's Square office building), after which the parish moved into the present cathedral.

Work on the new cathedral began in 1890. At 8:00 a.m. on October 30, 1892, Bishop [[Jean-Nicolas Lemmens]] blessed the building before celebrating a Pontifical [[Solemn Mass|High Mass]] at 10:00 a.m. The cathedral has been a [[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site of Canada]] since 1990.<ref>{{CRHP|13349|St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Cathedral|29 January 2012}}</ref>

==Design==
The present cathedral was designed by architects Maurice Perrault and Albert Mesnard. The total cost of the building was [[Canadian dollar|C]]$81,052.{{notetag|name=infl}} Based on the plans for a church built in [[Vaudreuil-Dorion]], [[Quebec]], Perrault and Mesnard borrowed much from the [[medieval architecture]] of European churches. The double [[asymmetrical]] towers are typical of Quebec churches and a characteristic of the High Victorian Gothic style. This was an attempt to follow the "unfinished" look that made fourteenth and fifteenth century churches popular. The main tower boasts a {{convert|53.4|m|ft|abbr=on}} spire that was designed to hold a clock and a set of bells.
[[File:St. Andrew's Cathedral 10.JPG|thumb|left|View of the altar from the nave]]
The nave is {{convert|22|m|ft|adj=mid|-long}}, with a rose window. The Institute for Stained Glass in Canada has documented the stained glass at St Andrew's Catholic Cathedral.<ref name=glass>{{cite web| title=St. Andrew's Catholic Cathedral| url=http://glassincanada.org/our-building/st-andrews-catholic-cathedral/| publisher=Institute for Stained Glass in Canada| accessdate=2014-03-10}}</ref> The cathedral houses 21 large Portland-style stained glass windows and two large rose windows with a smaller one above the gallery.

An altar was commissioned for use on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Bishop [[Remi Joseph De Roo]]'s episcopal ordination. Carved by [[Charles W. Elliott]], the first [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] to graduate from [[St. Louis College (Victoria, BC)|St. Louis College]], the altar consists of two [[bentwood]] boxes. The boxes can be rotated to show four separate designs for the different [[Catholic liturgy|liturgical]] seasons. The top of the altar or is carved from yellow cedar ([[Nootka Cypress]]) and weighs approximately {{Convert|400|lb}}.

The cathedral also displays a carved [[lectern]] by artist [[Roy Henry Vickers]]. It depicts a black and red image of [[Christ]], representing the crucified Christ and the risen Christ.

===Crypt===
The cathedral houses a [[crypt]], where three of Victoria's former Bishops are interred:
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* Bishop [[Modeste Demers]], the first Bishop of Victoria.
* [[Charles John Seghers]], the second and fourth Bishop, murdered in [[Alaska]].
* Rt. Rev. [[John J. Jonckau]], a former Vicar General of the Diocese of Victoria who was named as Bishop but died before being [[Consecration|consecrated]].
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== See also ==
* [[List of cathedrals in Canada]]
* [[List of historic places in Victoria, British Columbia]]

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|St. Andrew's Cathedral (Victoria, British Columbia)}}
* {{Official website|http://www.standrewscathedral.com/}}

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