Department 56-Christmas in the City-Cathedral Church of St. Status: Retired Introduced: 1991 Retired: 1993. Contents: one lit house with light cord. Description: Numbered Limited Edition of 3024. Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis, Minnesota is one of two cathedrals in the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota. It was built as a parish church overlooking Loring Park in 1910. In 1941, it was designated a cathedral when the bishop’s office moved to Minneapolis from the Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour in Faribault. The cathedral hosted the first World Congress of the Anglican Communion to be held outside of the United Kingdom in 1954, and hosted 1976 General Convention in Minneapolis which officially accepted the ordination of women as priests and adopted the current Book of Common Prayer used in the United States. Notes: Standard 6W/120V replacement bulb (item 99244). All items are brand new in the original packaging. Thank you for viewing!