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About Lisburn Cathedral Christ Church (Blaris)
Lisburn Cathedral Christ Church (Blaris) is a Church of Ireland church in Lisburn, County Antrim. It is in the Diocese of Connor.
History
About 1609 Sir Fluke Conway, a Welsh officer in the English army, settled in Lisnagarvey, as the district was then called, and built or rebuilt a castle on the highest point overlooking the river Lagan. In 1623 he constructed a church dedicated to St Thomas on the site of the present cathedral, as a chapel-of-ease for the castle. It was much smaller than the present building and little is known of its architecture.
The cathedral's own history records that St Thomas' Church was destroyed in 1641, that the foundations of a second church were laid the following year and that the rebuilding took 23 years. In 1662 Charles II established the church of St Thomas as Christ Church Cathedral. Jeremy Taylor was Bishop of Connor at the time, and the name Lisburn was used for the first time in that year.
In April 1707 the town of Lisburn, together with the church and the castle, was destroyed by fire. The foundation of the new church began to be laid on 20 August 1708, and construction of the present building, the third to stand upon the site, continued for several years and was completed in 1719.
Clergy
- Incumbent Very Rev Sam Wright
- Ordained Local Minister Rev PLCJ Meenagh
