Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . the plan of thebuilding embraces a chancel, a small vestry,and a hall or mission room, constructed toaccommodate about 70 people. This room,which will be used for mission meetings,Sunday school classes, and other similarpurposes, has a separate entrance fromMagdala Place, the entrance lobby com-municating with the nave of the church,thus affording a convenient means of accessto and egress from the church in additionto the main entrance from Short internal fittings of the building are allof wood, and of a very simple and inex-pens
Churches of Aberdeen : Historical and Descriptive . the plan of thebuilding embraces a chancel, a small vestry,and a hall or mission room, constructed toaccommodate about 70 people. This room,which will be used for mission meetings,Sunday school classes, and other similarpurposes, has a separate entrance fromMagdala Place, the entrance lobby com-municating with the nave of the church,thus affording a convenient means of accessto and egress from the church in additionto the main entrance from Short internal fittings of the building are allof wood, and of a very simple and inex-pensive description, from special designs inkeeping with the character of the struc-ture by the architect, Mr. Arthur Clyne,, Aberdeen. The church was dedicated by Bishop Ellison 20th May, 1908, and soon thereafterRev. Henry Burdon, , was appointedpriest-in-charge. Mr. Burdon was formerlywell known in Aberdeen as curate of , and under him the new causeat St. Marks has been making satisfactoryprogress. ROMAN CATHOLIC Right Rev. .Sneas Chisholm. , , Bishop of Aberdeen. LXXVIII.—ST. MARYS ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL. The erection of St. Marys Cathedralmarked an important forward step on thepart of the Roman Catholic community inAberdeen. For many years they had metin St. Peters Chapel, Justice Street, but,with a steady increase in numbers and ininfluence they began to consider the advisa-bility of building a new place of worshipmore imposing in appearance and fartherwest in the city. The outcome of this wasthe erection of the splendid edifice inHuntly Street, which is a striking monu-ment to the enterprise and liberality ofthe Catholics of those earlier years. Thededication of the building to St. Mary ofthe Assumption took place on Thursday,21st December, 1860, Bishop Kyle, of theNorthern District, officiating. BishopMurdoch, of the Western District, cele-brated Pontifical High Mass, and he was assisted by a large concourse of
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