St. George's Anglican Church (Montreal)
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| St. George's Anglican Church | |
|---|---|
 St. George's Anglican Church seen at the corner of De la Gauchetière Street and Peel Street | |
 St. George's Anglican Church | |
| Location | 1101 Stanley Street Montreal, Quebec |
| Denomination | Anglican Church of Canada |
| Website | www.st-georgeschurch.org |
| History | |
| Status | Active |
| Founded | 1843 |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | National Historic Site of Canada |
| Designated | 1990 |
| Architect | William Tutin Thomas |
| Architectural type | Neo-Gothic |
| Groundbreaking | 1869 |
| Completed | 1870 |
| Administration | |
| Province | Canada |
| Diocese | Montreal |
| Archdeaconry | Montreal |
| Deanery | Hochelaga |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop | Victor-David Mbuyi Bipungu |
| Rector | Heather Liddell |
| Honorary priest(s) | Benjamin Crosby, Susan Searle, Holly Ratcliffe |
| Laity | |
| Director of music | Jean-Sebastien Allaire |
| Organist | Philip Crozier |
| Churchwardens |
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| Official name | St. George's Anglican Church National Historic Site of Canada |
| Designated | 1990 |
St. George's Anglican Church is a heritage church located in the city's downtown core of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The church is on Stanley Street on the corner of De la Gauchetière Street, although it also faces Peel Street and is opposite Place du Canada.
The church is named for Saint George, the patron saint of England. St. George's Anglican Church was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 1990.[1][2][3]
The original St. George's Church opened on June 30, 1843, and was on Notre-Dame Street (then Saint Joseph Street) and Saint David's Lane, just outside the city of Montreal's walls.[4] It was the second Anglican congregation in Montreal and was built to accommodate the overflow of parishioners from Christ Church Cathedral.[5] An organ built by Samuel Russell Warren was installed later that year.[4]
The congregation of St. George's continued to grow as the city expanded to the west. A plot of land at the corner of Peel Street and De la Gauchetière Street was chosen as the site of the current church. This piece of land had been a Jewish cemetery from 1775 to 1854.[4] St. George's was designed by Montreal architect William Tutin Thomas, constructed in 1869, and opened its doors on October 9, 1870.[5] The only furnishing retained from the old church was the pulpit. The old church would serve as a factory for organ-maker Samuel Russell Warren.
The parishioners of St. Jude Church (corner of Coursol Street and Vinet Street in Little Burgundy) and Church of the Advent (corner De Maisonneuve Boulevard and Wood Avenue in Westmount) joined those of St. George's following their churches' closures.[6]
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