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The foundation stone for the first cathedral building was laid on 29 March 1867 and the cathedral was established in 1869.
Construction of the current building to designs by architect Bagan Benjamin started on 1 November 1924. The foundation stone was laid by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) on 21 April 1925. It was completed in 1946.
It is popularly known as the Cathedral Church of Christ Marina, is the oldest Anglican Cathedral in the Church Of Nigeria. At various times in its history, the Cathedral was the seat of the Archbishop of the Province of West Africa, the seat of the Archbishop and Primate of All Nigeria, and the seat of the Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos. It is currently the seat of the Bishop of Lagos.
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