| The Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family | |
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| The Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family | |
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  The Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family Shown within Central London | |
| 51°30′48″N0°09′02″W / 51.51343°N 0.150657°W /51.51343; -0.150657 | |
| Location | London,W1K 5BQ United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Consecrated | 1968 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect | Alfred Waterhouse |
| Style | Romanesque Revival |
| Years built | 1889–1891 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 900 |
| Administration | |
| Province | Eparchy of the Holy Family |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop | Kenneth Nowakowski |
TheCathedral of the Holy Family, previouslyUkrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile, (Ukrainian:Українська Католицька Катедра "Пресвятої Родини") is thecathedral of theUkrainian Greek CatholicEparchy of the Holy Family of London.[1] It is the seat of the nation's Ukrainian Catholic eparchial bishop, and overlaps in jurisdiction with theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster, among others.[2]
It was named after theHoly Family during theirflight into Egypt. It is located at Duke Street (offOxford Street),Mayfair,London, England. It is open for worship daily.
The building it occupies was designed byAlfred Waterhouse in 1891 for theCongregationalKing's Weigh House congregation. The church is of red brick with buff terracotta dressings. It has an oval nave and a tower in the south-west corner, built in a Romanesque style.[3]
The Congregational church sold it to the Ukrainian Catholics in 1967, to be the new headquarters of the local apostolic exarchate created in 1957 byPope Pius XII. Internal adjustments were then made to adapt the building to Catholic liturgy. It includes an east window with glass byRobert Anning Bell and aconfessional byJ. F. Bentley fromWestminster Cathedral. Waterhouse's building wasGrade II* listed in 1970.[4]
The cathedral was closed temporarily in 2007 when part of the ceiling collapsed, but has since been refurbished.[5] Theiconostasis created by a Ukrainianmonk, Juvenalij Mokrytsky, was not affected by the ceiling's collapse.[6]
On 18 January 2013 the exarchate was elevated to the rank of an eparchy (full bishopric) byPope Benedict XVI.[7]
The cathedral became a rallying point for theBritish Ukrainian community during the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The cathedral hosted addresses by political as well as religious figures, including the office of the Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Ukraine, both invited by BishopKenneth Nowakowski.[8]
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