Dates & Events in the Cathedral
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The following chronicles the events that have taken place in the life of the Church as a Cathedral during the third incarnation of the Anglican Church in the City of St. John's. Very little information survived the disasters of the two previous Churches that occupied the same site.
| Year | Date | Event |
| 1842 | 2 August | Letters Patent issued erecting the Bishopric of Antigua and establishing the Arch-deaconries of Antigua and Saint Christopher (St. Kitts), also the Town of St. John's to be the City of Saint John's. |
| 24 August | Daniel Gateward Davis consecrated first Bishop of Antigua in Westminster Abbey . | |
| 1 October | Robert Holberton and Francis Braithwaite appointed Archdeacons of Antigua and Saint Christopher (St. Kitts) respectively. | |
| 1843 | 8 February | Earthquake which did much damage in Antigua destroying the Churches; especially the second Cathedral building erected in 1723. |
| 5 May | Hon. Robert Horsford became first Chancellor of the Diocese. | |
| 12 May | Daniel Gateward Davis enthroned as the first Bishop of Antigua . | |
| 1845 | 9 October | Cornerstone of the third Cathedral Church laid. |
| 1847 | 10 October | The third Cathedral opened for Divine Service |
| 1848 | 25 July | The Cathedral consecrated |
| 1857 | 25 October | Bishop Davis died in England |
| 1858 | 2 February | Stephen Jordan Rigaud consecrated Bishop in Lambeth Palace Chapel. |
| 13 July | Bishop Rigaud enthroned. | |
| 1859 | 17 May | Bishop Rigaud died at Clare Hall. |
| 1860 | 17 May | William Waldron Jackson consecrated in the Parish Church at Lambeth, England. |
| 3 July | Bishop Jackson landed at English Harbour. | |
| 5 July | Bishop Jackson enthroned. | |
| 1870 | 6 January | First Annual Church Conference. |
| 1873 | 14 October | Act passed to disestablish and disendow the Church in Antigua with effect from 1st January 1875. |
| 1879 | 28 February | Reverend Charles James Branch collated as Archdeacon of Antigua. |
| 27 May | Bishop Jackson went to live in England. Archdeacon Branch became Commissary. | |
| 1881 | 6 November | Evening Service held for the first time in the Cathedral, lamps having been provided by voluntary contributions. |
| 1882 | 2 March | Bishop Coadjutor Mitchinson retired to England. |
| 25 July | Charles James Branch consecrated Bishop at Lambeth Palace, England. | |
| 6 November | West Indian Bishops formed their Dioceses into a Provincial Synod in Jamaica. Bishop Austin of Guyana (then British Guiana) first Primate. | |
| 1883 | 1 January | Daily Morning Prayer started in the Cathedral. |
| 1884 | 18 June | First Session of Diocesan Synod held in Antigua. |
| 13 October | Clock and Bell used in the Scotch Church returned to the Cathedral. | |
| 14 October | Bishop Branch presented with a Pastoral Staff and Ring by the Clergy. | |
| 1885 | 14 November | Pair of massive silver candlesticks returned to the Cathedral. |
| 1887 | 21 June | Surpliced Choir for first time in Cathedral on the occasion of the Queen's Jubilee (Queen Victoria), and doors removed from the pews. |
| 1889 | 9 February | Samuel Jones, the Sexton of the Cathedral (and father of Dr. Jones of St. Kitts), who was born a slave, died. |
| 1890 | 13 September | Learned Treatise in Latin on Anglican Orders by Archdeacon Clarke of Antigua published. |
| 1891 | 21 April | Hymns A&M adopted in the Cathedral and recommended for use throughout the Diocese. |
| 2 July | James and Anderson Harney licensed as Catechist in Virgin Gorda.. | |
| 21 September | Early celebration of Holy Eucharist on Saints' Days began in Cathedral. | |
| 1893 | 17 September | An Altar given to the Cathedral by Headmaster and Boys of the Antigua Grammar School. |
| 1895 | 27 June | Frederick Maurice Mercier, a Catechist of many years' standing, died. |
| 25 November | Bishop Jackson died and Bishop Branch became Bishop of the Diocese. | |
| 1 December | The Reverend H.Y. Shepherd appointed Rector of St. John's. | |
| 1896 | 23 April | Enthronement of Bishop Branch |
| 13 August | Bishop Branch died in St. Kitts. | |
| 1897 | 18 July | Herbert Mather consecrated Bishop in Lambeth Palace Chapel. |
| 14 October | Bishop Mather enthroned. | |
| 1898 | 4 September | Brass Lectern at Cathedral dedicated in memory of Bishop Branch. |
| 1905 | 7 May | Bishop Farar consecrated in Barbados. |
| 1906 | 5 February | Cathedral burial Ground made over to the Government being reserved at all time. |
| 5 February | Dean and Chapter installed. | |
| 1908 | 30 January | Two additional Canons appointed. |
| 1911 | 15 January | Edward Hutson consecrated in in Cathedral Church, Jamaica. |
| 15 February | Bishop Hutson enthroned. | |
| 1921 | 14 December | Bishop Hutson appointed Archbishop of the West Indies. |
| 1929 | 23 April | War Memorial Chapel in Cathedral dedicated. |
| 1930 | 15 January | The Reverend G.S. Hand appointed Rector of St. John's and Dean of Antigua. |
| 1932 | 5 June | Special Service for Ter-centenary of Colonization held in Cathedral. |
| 1936 | 22 October | Archbishop Hutson died in Chicago. |
| 1937 | 29 June | George Sumner Hand consecrated Bishop on Sty. Paul's Cathedral, England. |
| 2 December | George Stanley Baker instituted as Rector of St. JOhn's and Sub-Dean. | |
| 1942 - 1943 | Observation of the Centenary of the Diocese. | |
| 1943 | 30 May | George Stanley Baker installed as Dean of Antigua. |
| 31 December | BIshop George Sumner Hand Resigned. | |
| 1944 | 25 July | Nathaniel William Newnham Davis consecrated Bishop in the Cathedral and enthroned as Bishop of Antigua. |
| 1945 | 26 July | Bishop Hand died in St. Kitts. |
| 1947 | 18 March | Dean H.Y Shepherd died. |
| 1948 | 25 July | Centenary Celebrations of Consecration of Cathedral. |
| 1952 | 30 June | Bishop Newnham Davis resigned. |
| 1953 | 2 February | Donald Rowland Knowles consecrated Bishop in Nassau, Bahamas. |
| 4 February | Bishop Knowles enthroned in Antigua. | |
| 1966 | 20 February | Her Majesty The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh attended Divine Service in the Cathedral. Bishop Knowles preached. |
| 28 July | Bishop Newnham died in England. | |
| 1968 | 13 March | Archbishop of Canterbury preached in the Cathedral. |
| 1969 | 30 June | Bishop D.R. Knowles resigned. |
| 1970 | 24 August | Orland Ugham Lindsay consecrated Bishop in Jamaica. |
| 4 September | Bishop Lindsay enthroned in Antigua. | |
| 31 December | George Stanley Baker, Dean and Rector of the Cathedral, retired. | |
| 1971 | 15 July | Fitzroy Elderfield Pestaina instituted as Rector of St. John's and installed as Dean of Antigua. |
| 1974 | 8 October | A severe earthquake damaged the Cathedral. |
| 1976 | 16 December | Dean Pestaina died suddenly at the Deanery. |
| 1977 | 28 September | Hilton Manasseh Carty instituted and installed as Rector of St. John's and Dean of the Cathedral. |
| 1985 | 14 August | Dean Baker died. |
| 1986 | 30 September | Dean Carty retired as Rector & Dean. |
| 1986 | 9 November | William Vincent Lake instituted and installed as Parish Priest of St. John's and Dean of the Cathedral. |
| 1987 | 18 November | The Venerable Archdeacon Alfred E. Jeffrey consecrated as the first Suffragan Bishop of St. John's. |
| 1995 | 25 July | Launch of the 150th Anniversary Appeal for the Restoration of St. John's Cathedral. |
| 1995 | 16 October | Dean Carty died. |
| 1998 | 17 July | Dean Lake celebrated the 25th Anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. |
| 1998 | 26 July | Solemn Eucharist to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Consecration of the Cathedral. |
