St Chad’s Cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral Church and Basilica of Saint Chad is a Catholic cathedral in Birmingham, England. It is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Birmingham and is dedicated to Saint Chad of Mercia.Photo: G-Man, Public domain.
Photo: James Bradley, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: Catholic cathedral in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
- Also known as: “St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham” and “The Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of St Chad”
- Address: Birmingham
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Birmingham Snow Hill railway station and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
Birmingham Snow Hill railway station
Railway station
Photo: Randwick, Public domain.
Birmingham Snow Hill, also known as Snow Hill station, is a railway station in Birmingham City Centre. It is one of the three main city-centre stations in Birmingham, along with Birmingham New Street and Birmingham Moor Street. Birmingham Snow Hill railway station is situated 680 feet south of St Chad’s Cathedral.
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Museum
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Birmingham, England. It has a collection of international importance covering fine art, ceramics, metalwork, jewellery, natural history, archaeology, ethnography, local history and industrial history. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is situated 2,100 feet southwest of St Chad’s Cathedral.
St Philip’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cathedral Church of Saint Philip, also called the Birmingham Cathedral, is a Church of England cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Birmingham. Built as a parish church in the Baroque style by Thomas Archer, it was consecrated in 1715. St Philip’s Cathedral is situated 1,600 feet south of St Chad’s Cathedral.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gun Quarter and Jewellery Quarter.
Gun Quarter
Locality
The Gun Quarter is a district of the city of Birmingham, England, which was for many years a centre of the world's gun-manufacturing industry, specialising in the production of military firearms and sporting guns.
Jewellery Quarter
Suburb
Photo: Brian Clift, CC BY 2.0.
The Jewellery Quarter is an area of central Birmingham, England, in the north-western area of Birmingham City Centre, with a population of 19,000 in a 1.07-square-kilometre area.
Birmingham Chinatown
Neighborhood
Birmingham Chinatown in Birmingham, England is located in the city centre's Southside. It is an area with a predominantly Chinese influence as a result of a concentration of Chinese owned businesses, organisations and social clubs.
St Chad’s Cathedral
- Categories: Catholic cathedral, cathedral, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.4856° or 52° 29′ 8″ northLongitude
-1.89878° or 1° 53′ 56″ westInception
1839—1841Height
82 feet (25 metres)Open location code
9C4WF4P2+6FOpenStreetMap ID
way 72663919OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=cathedralOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q1138085
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“St Chad’s Cathedral” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “聖嘉德主教座堂”
- Chinese: “聖嘉德聖殿都主教座堂”
- Dutch: “Sint-Chadkathedraal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه سانت تشاد”
- French: “cathédrale Saint-Chad de Birmingham”
- French: “Cathédrale Saint-Chad de Birmingham”
- French: “Cathédrale Saint-Chad”
- German: “Kathedrale von Birmingham”
- German: “St Chad’s Cathedral”
- German: “St. Chad’s Cathedral”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Birmingham”
- Latvian: “Birmingemas katoļu katedrāle”
- Polish: “Katedra Saint Chad’s w Birmingham”
- Polish: “Katedra świętego Chada w Birmingham”
- Russian: “Бирмингемский метропольный собор”
- Russian: “Собор Святого Чеда”
- Spanish: “Catedral de San Chad”
- Spanish: “Iglesia Catedral Metropolitana y la Basílica de San Chad”
- Turkish: “St.Chad Katedrali”
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