St. John's Cathedral (Antigua and Barbuda)

St. John's Cathedral
St. John's Cathedral St. John the Divine Cathedral Church of the Diocese of North Eastern Caribbean and Aruba
Religion
Affiliation	Anglican
Province	St. John’s
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Good
Year consecrated	Originally consecrated in 1683, then rebuilt in 1746 and finally newly built in 1845
Status	Anglican Church
Location
Location	St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda
Geographic coordinates	17°07′22″N 61°50′31″W / 17.1227°N 61.8419°W / 17.1227; -61.8419
Architecture
Type	Baroque
Style	Baroque
Completed	1848
Specifications
Direction of façade	East
Capacity	2,200
Length	156 ft
Width	46 ft
Spire(s)	Two
Spire height	70 ft
Materials	Stone

St. John's Cathedral also known as the St. John the Divine, the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of North Eastern Caribbean and Aruba, is an Anglican church perched on a hilltop in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda.^[1] 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 now in 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 Biblical statues of St John the Divine and St John the Baptist. They were reportedly taken in 1756 from a French ship destined for Martinique.^[2][3][4][5]