St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Catholic)

St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral
St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral (of the Assumption)
St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral Shown within Edinburgh
55°57′22″N 3°11′16″W / 55.9561°N 3.1877°W / 55.9561; -3.1877
Location	Edinburgh
Country	Scotland
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	www.stmaryscathedral.co.uk
History
Former name(s)	St Mary's Chapel (1814)
Status	Metropolitan Cathedral (of the Province of St Andrews and Edinburgh)
Consecrated	1814
Associated people	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle christened; under Charles Hargitt The Edinburgh Royal Choral Union (1858), under Arthur Oldham The Edinburgh Festival Chorus and The Scottish Opera Chorus were founded with a nucleus from the Cathedral Choir.
Architecture
Heritage designation	Listed B
Architect(s)	James Gillespie Graham
Years built	1814
Administration
Province	St Andrews and Edinburgh
Archdiocese	St Andrews and Edinburgh
Clergy
Archbishop	Leo Cushley
Laity
Director of music	Michael Ferguson
Organist(s)	Simon Leach

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, also known as St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh and the mother church of Scots Catholicism.^[1] The cathedral church is located at the East End of New Town in the city center.