St Columba's Cathedral

St. Columba's Cathedral
St. Columba's Cathedral

View across seafront
St. Columba's Cathedral
Location within Argyll and Bute
Coordinates: 56°25′09″N 5°28′45″W / 56.419184°N 5.479155°W / 56.419184; -5.479155
Location Oban, Argyll and Bute
Country Scotland
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website www.rcdai.org.uk
Architecture
Architect(s) Giles Gilbert Scott
Style Gothic Revival
Administration
Diocese Argyll and the Isles
Province St Andrews and Edinburgh
Clergy
Archbishop Most Rev Leo Cushley
Bishop(s) Rt Rev Brian McGee

The Cathedral Church of St Columba in Oban is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Argyll and the Isles and mother church of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles. The cathedral is located on the sea front at the northern end of Oban.

History

The cathedral was designed in the Neo-Gothic style by the architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the foundation stone being laid in 1932 and the building completed in 1959. The work was partially funded by money raised by the diocese in the USA, Canada and Ireland. It is constructed from pink Peterhead and blue Inverawe granite.

In the Middle Ages the cathedral of the diocese of Argyll was north of Oban on the island of Lismore. Dedicated to St Moluag, Lismore Cathedral is now a Church of Scotland parish church.

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