St. Andrew's Church (Quebec City)

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church congregation located in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It belongs to the Presbyterian Church in Canada denomination.

St. Andrew's Church
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on rue Sainte-Anne in the Upper Town of Old Quebec.
St. Andrew's Church
Location of St. Andrew's Church in Quebec City
46°48′46.67″N 71°12′34.78″W
Location5, rue Cook
Quebec City, Quebec
G1R 3X8
DenominationPresbyterian
Websitewww.standrewsquebeccity.sitew.ca#Home.A
History
StatusChurch
Founded1759
Founder(s)Reverend Robert MacPherson
DedicationAndrew the Apostle
Dedicated30 November 1810 (1810-11-30)
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)John Bryson[1]
Groundbreaking1809[1]
Completed1810
Construction cost£1,500[2]
Specifications
Capacity600[3][4]
Administration
PresbyteryPresbytery of Quebec
SynodSynod of Quebec and Eastern Ontario
Clergy
Minister(s)Reverend Dr. Katherine Burgess

History

The congregation's roots began with the British conquest of Quebec at the Plains of Abraham in 1759. Under the leadership of Church of Scotland Chaplain Robert MacPherson and soldiers of the famous 78th Fraser Highlanders of James Wolfe's Army in 1759. A congregation evolved under his leadership, until his death in 1765. He was succeeded by another former Chaplain, George Henry.

With the 1763 Treaty, and the coming of merchants from Scotland and New England, the congregation soon assumed civilian status and was known as the Scotch Congregation - in connection with the Church of Scotland.

During the 1802 ministry of Alexander Spark, in response to a petition signed by 148 persons, the present Church site was granted by His Majesty George III, although it was not until 1807 that construction began.

The long-contemplated Church was dedicated on November 30, 1810, on St. Andrew's Day, and appropriately named after the apostle. The building remains virtually unchanged but for the addition of the Vestry in 1900.

  • c. 1830
  • Today
  • Kirk Hall
  • Manse

On the same triangular site with the church are the Kirk Hall, first erected in 1829 as a Protestant School which continued as a flourishing scholastic institution for many years; and the magnificent Manse erected in 1837, which was the residence of the ministers until 2017. William Reed was notably the church's organist from 1900-1913.

Ministers
  • Robert MacPherson, 1759-1765+
  • George Henry, 1765-1784
  • Alexander Spark, DD, 1784-1819
  • James Harkness, DD, 1820-1835+
  • John Cook, DD, LLD 1836-1883, Moderator of the first General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, June 1875.
  • Andrew Tannahill Love, DD, 1884-1925
  • Alexander M. Gordon, DD, 1926-1941
  • Harold W. Reid, DD, 1941-1945
  • Donald Mackay, DD, 1945-1950
  • Wilfred Butcher, DD, 1951-1964
  • Edward Bragg, DD, 1964-1977
  • P. Lyle Sams, 1979-1990
  • Donald J.M. Corbett, PhD 1991+, former Principal of Knox College,
  • Mrs. Tamiko Nakamura Corbett, Diaconal Minister, 1992-1993, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada's General Assembly, 1996.
  • Ronald H. Balston, 1993-1996
  • Scott Emery, 1996-2000
  • Bradley Nelson (Interim Minister), 2001-2003
  • Stephen A. Hayes, DD, 2004-2009
  • Katherine Burgess, DMin, 2009–present

+Died in Office.

References
  1. "Église Saint Andrew". Corporation du patrimoine et du tourisme religieux de Québec. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  2. "Église St. Andrew". Les Églises de Québec. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  3. "Who We Are". St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Quebec City. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  4. "Église St. Andrew's". Grand Québec. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
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