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Liverpool Cosmopolitan Cathedral is a
Roman Catholic Church.
1845 - 1852 - a large number of Irish
moved to Liverpool during the Potato
Famine in Ireland.
1853 - a Roman Catholic Cathedral was
to be built, but only the Lady Chapel was
completed. This was then used as a Parish
Church.
1904 - work began on the huge
Liverpool Anglican Protestant Cathedral,
that would become the 8th largest in the
World.
1933 - work began on a new Roman
Catholic Cathedral, that was intended to
be the second largest in the World, after
St Peter's Basicala in Rome.
This Cathedral was to be built in Red
Brick with a huge Dome, a similar design
as St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Image.
1958 - work on the huge Roman Catholic
Cathedral was abandoned due to cost and
time it was taking to build.
1962 - building of the much smaller
modern Cathedral seen today began to
designs of sir Sir Frederick Gibberd.
The new Cathedral was built on the
foundations of the huge Cathedral that
was only partially built.
1967 - Liverpool Metropolitan
Cathedral was completed at a height of 85
m / 279 ft.
The look of the Cathedral, and with it
intended mainly for people of Irish
origin, it soon became known as Paddy's
Wigwam.
1978 - Liverpool Anglican Cathedral
was completed with great views between
the two.
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