St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney is the cathedral church of the Anglican diocese of Sydney, and the seat of the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney and Metropolitan of NSW, The Most Rev Dr Peter Jensen.
St Andrew's Cathedral located in the heart of the city of Sydney. It was founded in 1819 and consecrated in 1868 making it the oldest cathedral in Australia. Of the three architects who contributed to its design the most significant was Edmund Blacket, Colonial Architect 1849-1854. Between 1999 and 2000 major conservation and restoration work was undertaken to restore Blacket's original internal layout whereby the Holy Table and sanctuary were re-established at the Cathedral's Eastern end. During World War 2 these elements had been moved to the Cathedral's western window.
The Cathedral is built in the shape of a cross, the symbol of the Christian faith. The main body of the church is called the nave, which is crossed by an aisle called the transept that separates the nave from the chancel where the choir and clergy sit. There are two sides of the choir: cantoris, the side of the Precentor, as cantor means singer, and decani, the side of the Dean who is the senior clerical appointee within the Cathedral.
Since 1885, St Andrew's Cathedral School provide choristers for St Andrew's Cathedral.
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