Portsmouth Cathedral

Portsmouth Cathedral
Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
50°47′26″N 1°06′15″W / 50.7905°N 1.1043°W / 50.7905; -1.1043
Location	Portsmouth, Hampshire
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Website	portsmouthcathedral.org.uk
History
Status	Cathedral
Founded	1180
Dedication	St Thomas Becket
Dedicated	1188
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Style	Romanesque (Germanic)
Years built	12th century (chapel) 17th century (rebuilt) 1980s–1991
Specifications
Number of towers	3
Tower height	121 feet (37 m) (tallest tower)
Bells	12
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Portsmouth (since 1927)
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Jonathan Frost
Dean	Anthony Cane
Canon Chancellor and Vice Dean	Harriet Neale-Stevens
Precentor	Jo Spreadbury
Canon(s)	Nick Ralph (Social Enterprise and Engagement) Anthony Rustell (Mission, Discipleship, and Ministry)
Laity
Director of music	David Price (Organist and Master of the Choristers)
Organist(s)	Sachin Gunga (Sub-Organist)
Organ scholar	Nora Rechel

The Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, commonly known as Portsmouth Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral church in the centre of Old Portsmouth in Portsmouth, England. It is the cathedral of the Diocese of Portsmouth and the seat of the bishop of Portsmouth.

The Anglican cathedral is one of the two cathedral churches in the city, the other being the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth, about one mile to the north.