Cathedral of the Holy Nativity, Pietermaritzburg

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| location = Pietermaritzburg, kwaZulu-Natal

| country = South Africa

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| consecrated date = 22 November 1981

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| materials = Red brick and concrete

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| diocese = Diocese of Natal

| province = Southern Africa

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| bishop = The Rt Revd Nkosinathi Ndwandwe

| dean = The Very Reverend Ndabezinhle Sibisi

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The Cathedral of the Holy Nativity is the home of the Anglican Diocese of Natal in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa in the kwaZulu-Natal Province. It is the episcopal seat of the Bishop of Natal. The cathedral is located in Langalibalele Street.

The building of the cathedral followed the uniting of two city parishes while Philip Russell was bishop, that is between 1974 and 1981. After being translated to Cape Town as archbishop, Russell returned to dedicate the cathedral on 22 November 1981.

The building is modern in design and is not universally loved.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pmbhistory.co.za/?showcontent&global[_id]=98|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190349/http://www.pmbhistory.co.za/?showcontent%26global%5B_id%5D%3D98|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-10-29|title=Architecture: The new amidst the old |accessdate=2013-10-27|publisher=The Witness|date=14 Jan 2010|author=Hans Fransen|work=Pietermaritzburg Local History}}

References

{{cite journal|journal=Natalia|year=1971|issue=1|title=A new Cathedral-Centre for Pietermaritzburg|last=Hallowes|first =Kenneth B.|author-link=Ken Hallowes|url=http://www.natalia.org.za/Files/1/Natalia%20v%2001%20article%20p31-34%20C.pdf|publisher =Natal Society Foundation |pages=31–34}}
{{cite journal|journal=Natalia|year=1976|issue=6|title=Notes and Queries - The New Cathedral Centre|last1= Strutt|first1 =Daphne H.|first2=M.|last2=Moberly|url=http://www.natalia.org.za/Files/6/Natalia%20v6%20notes%20-queries%20C.pdf|publisher =Natal Society Foundation |pages=41–43}}

External links

{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192150/http://www.hkarch.co.za/index.php/css-menu/churches/cathedral |date=29 October 2013 |title=Heinrich Kammeӱer, Architect}}

Category:Churches in Pietermaritzburg

Category:Churches completed in 1981

Category:Religious organizations established in 1853

Pietermaritzburg

Category:20th-century Anglican church buildings in South Africa