St. George's Cathedral, Freetown

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St. George's Cathedral is an historical Church Mission Society Anglican church in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The church was one of the grandest churches in Freetown, and had one of the highest attendance ratings for a church. It is now the Cathedral Church of the Anglican Diocese of Freetown. As an iconic edifice strongly associated with the Creole people of Sierra Leone, St George's Cathedral was described as "that bastion of Creoledom."

Building begun in 1817, and was completed in 1828.{{cite book|author=Akintola Wyse|title=The Krio of Sierra Leone: An Interpretive History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vg9yAie74vEC&pg=PA15|accessdate=4 November 2012|year=1989|publisher=University of Wisconsin Press|isbn=978-1-85065-031-7|page=15}}

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Further reading

  • A. E. Tuboku-Metzger, 'An Historical Sketch of St George's Cathedral, Freetown, 1828-1928', Sierra Leone Studies, No. 12 (O.S.), June 1928, pp. 7–10

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Category:Cathedrals in Sierra Leone

Category:Churches in Freetown

Category:1828 establishments

Category:Churches completed in 1828

Category:Anglican churches in Sierra Leone

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