Churches in Westminster

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Chapters: Westminster Cathedral, St John's, Smith Square, St Margaret's, Westminster, St Martin-in-the-Fields, St Clement Danes, St James's Church, Piccadilly, St Anne's Church, Soho, All Souls Church, Langham Place, St Marylebone Parish Church, St Mary le Strand, Nordic churches in London, St Paul's, Covent Garden, St Saviour, Pimlico, All Saints, Margaret Street, St Augustine's, Kilburn, St George's, Hanover Square, Savoy Chapel, St Peter's Church, Eaton Square, Grosvenor Chapel, St Sophia's Cathedral, London, Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile, St Matthew's, Westminster, Westminster Chapel, Westminster Central Hall, West London Methodist Mission, Queen's Chapel, Marybone Chapel, Regent Hall, St James the Less, Pimlico, Holy Trinity Church Marylebone, Enon Chapel, St Gabriel's, Warwick Square, St Cyprian's, Clarence Gate, French Protestant Church of London, Holy Trinity Church, South Kensington, West Street Chapel. Excerpt: Westminster Cathedral in London is the mother church of the Catholic community in England and Wales and the Metropolitan Church and Cathedral of the Archbishop of Westminster. It is dedicated to the "Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ" (the Eucharist). The cathedral is located in Victoria, SW1, in the City of Westminster. It is the largest Catholic church in England and Wales, and should not be confused with Westminster Abbey of the Church of England. Westminster Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Westminster, currently Archbishop Vincent Nichols. As a matter of custom, each newly appointed Archbishop of Westminster has eventually been created a cardinal in consistory. In the late 19th century, the Catholic Church's hierarchy had only recently been restored in England and Wales, and it was in memory of Cardinal Wiseman (who died in 1865, and was the first Archbishop of Westminster from 1850) that the first substantial sum of money was raised for the new cathedral. The land was acquired in 1884 by Wiseman's successor, Cardinal Manning, having previously been occupied by the second Tothill Fields Bridewell prison. After two false starts in 1867 (under architect Henry Clutton) and 1892 (architect Baron von Herstel), construction started in 1895 under Manning's successor, the third archbishop Cardinal Vaughan with John Francis Bentley as architect, and built in a style heavily influenced by Byzantine architecture. The cathedral opened in 1903, a little after Bentley's death. For reasons of economy the decoration of the interior had hardly been started and still much remained to be completed. It is often presumed that Westminster Cathedral was the first Catholic place of worship to be built in England after the English Reformation; however that honour belongs to St Patrick's in Soho Square built in 1792. Britain's first Catholic churches built after the Reformation are both in Banffshire, Scotland. They are St. Ninian's, Tynet, built in 1755 and its near neighbo