Plymouth Cathedral

Plymouth Cathedral
Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Boniface
View of the cathedral from the north east
Plymouth Cathedral Shown within Plymouth
50°22′25″N 4°09′06″W / 50.3737°N 4.1516°W / 50.3737; -4.1516
OS grid reference	SX4710054859
Location	Plymouth, Devon
Country	England
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	plymouthcathedral.co.uk
History
Status	Active
Consecrated	1880
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	1 May 1975
Architect(s)	J. A. Hansom[1]
Style	Early English Gothic[1]
Years built	1856—1858
Specifications
Spire height	61 metres (200 feet)[1]
Administration
Province	Province of Southwark (since 1965)
Diocese	Plymouth (since 1850)
Deanery	Plymouth
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Sede vacante
Dean	Canon Mark O'Keeffe
Laity
Director of music	Robert Osmond
Organist(s)	Robert Osmond

The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Boniface in Plymouth, England, is the seat of the Bishop of Plymouth and mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth, which covers the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. The Diocese of Plymouth was created in 1850 after the issuing of the papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae. In 1858 the new condign cathedral was opened and put under the patronage of the Virgin Mary and Saint Boniface, the latter thought to have been born in Crediton in the area of the diocese.

The cathedral is also used by Royal Navy personnel stationed at HMNB Devonport for the annual naval mass celebrated in July.^[2]