Rochester Cathedral
Rochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is in Rochester, Kent, England. The cathedral is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Rochester and seat (cathedra) of the Bishop of Rochester, the second oldest bishopric in England after that of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The cathedral, built in the Norman style is a Grade I listed building.[1]
This article is about the Anglican cathedral in England. For the Roman Catholic cathedral in New York, see Sacred Heart Cathedral (Rochester, New York).Rochester Cathedral
England
Priory of St Andrew
(604–1542)
Cathedral
604
604
Active
24 October 1950
1079–1238
10 (full circle)
30 long cwt 14 lb (3,374 lb or 1,530 kg)
Rochester (since 604)
vacant
bishop-designate: Jonathan Gibbs
Matthew Rushton
Gordon Giles
Jeremy Lloyd (Acting)
Simon Lace
The Annunciation and
The Nativity
St Elizabeth and
The Adoration of the Magi
St Margaret of Scotland and The Crucifixion
King Arthur and
The Ascension
As of 30 December 2020:[83]
Disabled access[edit]
Disabled access is via the north door into the nave transept. In the south quire aisle is a wheelchair lift over part of the "Kent Steps". This gives access to the quire and presbytery level; there is a disabled WC near the foot of this. There is currently no disabled access to the crypt, but there are plans to insert a lift linking the three levels roughly where the existing wheelchair lift is.