Architecture

Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

Christ Church Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Oxford, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Oxford and the mother church of the Church of England diocese of Oxford. It is also the chapel of Christ Church, a constituent college of the University of Oxford; this dual role is unique in the Church of England. It is administered by the dean of Christ Church, who is also the head of the college, and a governing body. The first church on the site of the cathedral was a nunnery and parish church which was burnt during the St Brice's Day massacre in 1002; it was re-founded as a priory of Augustinian canons by 1122. The priory was suppressed in 1524 by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, who intended to demolish the church in order to found a new college on the site. The cardinal fell from favour in 1529 and the project was taken over by Henry VIII, who preserved the church. When the diocese of Oxford was created in 1542 its cathedral was the former Osney Abbey; however, it was supplanted by Christ Church in 1546.

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• ▸List of largest church buildings
• ▸Kingdom of Tungning
• ▸Cast-iron architecture

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