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| location = 305 E. Capitol St.<br>[[Jackson, Mississippi]]
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| diocese = [[Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi|Diocese of Mississippi]]
| bishop = Rt. Rev. Brian Seage
| dean = Very Rev. Anne Maxwell
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'''St. Andrew's Cathedral''' is an [[Episcopal Church of the United States|Episcopal]] [[cathedral]] located in [[Jackson, Mississippi]], [[United States]]. It is the seat of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi|Diocese of Mississippi]].  St. Andrew's is the third church to serve as the diocesan cathedral.
==History==
St. Andrew’s began as a mission station in 1839.  The Domestic Missionary Society of the Episcopal Church in New York sent a clergyman, hymnals and prayer books. The congregation numbered eight communicants at its beginning.<ref name=cathedral>{{cite web|url=http://standrewscathedral.org/welcome/history/|title=About the Parish|publisher=St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral|accessdate=2014-01-05|last=|first=}}</ref>  St. Andrew’s became a parish of the Diocese of Mississippi in 1843. It was the only parish at the time that was not located along the [[Mississippi River]].<ref name=cathedral/> Its church was burned by the [[Union Army]] during the [[American Civil War]] in 1863. The [[cornerstone]] for the second church was laid by the Rt. Rev. [[William Mercer Green]] in 1869. By the turn of the Twentieth Century the congregation had outgrown its church building and the present structure was completed in 1903. The Parish House was constructed between 1923 and 1924. The congregation continued to grow and the building along West Street was built in 1955. The bishop moved his offices into the new building. The service area behind the church was made into a courtyard. The wing on the east side was built in 1987.
Cathedrals in the Episcopal Church in the United States were not popular until the [[Oxford Movement]] began.<ref name=orleans>{{cite web|url=http://www.neworleanschurches.com/standrew_jackson/history.htm|title=St. Andrew's Cathedral|publisher= New Orleans Churches
|accessdate=2014-01-05|last=|first=}}</ref> The Diocese of Mississippi was no different in this regard and did not have a cathedral in its first decades. [[St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Oxford, Mississippi)|St. Peter's Church]] in [[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]] was named the first cathedral when the Rt. Rev. Hugh M. Thompson was bishop. Bishop Thompson moved to Jackson and believed the cathedral should be in the city where he resided.  Therefore, St. Columba's Church was named the diocesan cathedral and served that purpose until just after Thompson's death. St. Andrew's, which grew to become the largest parish in the diocese, was elevated to be the cathedral on January 19, 1966.<ref name=episcopal>{{cite web|url=http://library.episcopalchurch.org/glossary/mississippi-diocese|title=Mississippi, Diocese of|publisher=The Episcopal Church|accessdate=2014-01-05|last=|first=}}</ref> It became the third church in the diocese to serve this purpose.
==Architecture==
St. Andrew’s Cathedral was designed in the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] style. When it was built the roof featured a [[gable]] in the middle of each side with elaborate trim, which was typical of the late [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] period.<ref name=cathedral/> After a fire in 1930 they were simplified. The interior of sanctuary is cruciform in shape, which is found in the center aisle and the [[Crossing (architecture)|crossing]]. There are no [[transepts]] to give that impression on the exterior. The windows throughout the church were filled with amber glass. They have subsequently been replaced with [[stained glass]] since the 1950s. They were all given as memorials.
The original [[altar]], [[lectern]] and [[pulpit]] were made of carved wood.<ref name=cathedral/> The marble altar, bronze winged angel, and pulpit were given as memorials. The pews all have a [[trefoil]] carved in the end that represent the [[Trinity]]. The X-shaped cross, or [[saltire]], that is found in several places in the cathedral is the emblem of [[St. Andrew]].
==See also==
*[[List of the Episcopal cathedrals of the United States]]
*[[List of cathedrals in the United States]]
*[[St. Andrew's Episcopal School (Mississippi)]]
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