page_title: Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham (Houston)
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham (Houston) / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: English: A gargoyle of the tower of Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter in Houston, Texas.
context_page_description: The Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston, Texas, is a Catholic church that serves as the Cathedral of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter.
  The parish was originally founded in 1984, by clergy who had previously ministered in the Episcopal Church, as a parish under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston. The parish operated in various locations before moving in 1992 to its current site, where the present church was completed in 2003. Upon the establishment of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter the church was transferred from the diocese to – and became the principal parish of – the Ordinariate; it now serves as the Ordinariate's Cathedral.
  The church features a distinctive architecture style reminiscent of Neo-Gothic style churches of an Anglican heritage and is the first parish in the United States dedicated to Our Lady of Walsingham. The Order of Mass is traditional and Anglican in character and content.
context_section_description: The church features distinctive Anglican heritage designs with limestone covering the exterior, inspired by 14th century styles of the Walsingham area of Norfolk, England. The interior of the church is Neo-Gothic with stained glass window, and wooden furnishings carved in Colombia. The church bells were cast in Normandy, France, and the reredos and tabernacle were hand-crafted in Spain.
  The architecture expresses elements found in the Gothic-inspired buildings of the 12th to 16th centuries. These include pointed arches and sloping roofs in the church's exterior and shrine areas.
caption: One of the gargoyles on the church tower.
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