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ADAMS, JOAN. The Cathedral Age [Vol. 37, No. 2 / Summer 1962].
The National Cathedral Assoc. 1962..Paperback. Washington National Cathedral, whose official name is the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, is a cathedral of The Episcopal Church. Located in Washington, D.C. the capital of the United States, it is the sixth largest Gothic cathedral in the world, the second largest in the United States, and the fourth tallest structure in Washington, D.C.. The Cathedral is the official seat of both the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church USA and its Diocese of Washington, composed of the District of Columbia and the Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's, and St. Mary's Counties in Maryland. The Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, under the leadership of the nine Bishops of Washington, erected the Cathedral under a charter passed by the United States Congress on January 6, 1893. Construction began on September 29, 1907 when the foundation stone was laid in the presence of President Theodore Roosevelt and a crowd of more than 20,000. Construction lasted eighty-three years. The last finial was placed in the presence of President George H. W. Bush in 1990. The foundation operates and funds the cathedral, which does not receive government funding. CLEAN!! No marks. Lightly read. Includes Articles: Liturgy: a vital instrument of the Cathedral's ministry by Rev. William G. Workman; Book Review: Happy Issue: My handicap and the Church by G. Janet Tulloch; Obituary of C. F. R. Ogilby; Rare Book Room to be Built at Cathedral; An Indomitable Will by Louis Cassels. Near Fine. No DJ, as Issued.
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