Belfast Cathedral

Belfaat Cathedral, The Cathedral Church of St. Anne, or St. Anne's Cathedral, is a Cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Belfast located in the Cathedral Quarter in the City Centre on the site of the Parish Church of St. Anne. The site has been used for worship for over 200 years (since 1776).

History of the Cathedral
On March 7th 1894 the Bishop Welland announced a plan to build a cathedral in Belfast. Just over a year later, on April 15th 1895, Canon O'Hara, Vicar of Belfast, presented Wellend's idea to the vestry of St Anne's from where a bill was gained popularity with Belfast having been granted city status by Queen Victoria the previous year. written up and sent onto the Diocesan Synod in 1898 who further sent it to the General Synod the following April. The bill was passed by the General Synod and once Thomas Drew's design was accepted local fundraising began and the Cathedral Guild was established. Later that year, August of 1899, the building contractors Henry Laverty & Sons, laid the foundations at the site.