Question: Which cathedral was established or dedicated first, Chelmsford Cathedral or Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth?

Context articles: Ellis Gowing
St John's Cathedral, Mthatha
Dick Herrick
St. John's Cathedral (Kuala Lumpur)
Michael Yorke
Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth
Godwin Birchenough
Dean of Chelmsford
Norman Crowder
Chelmsford Cathedral

Gowing was educated at Fort Street High School and the University of Sydney; and ordained in 1907.
 He began his career as a Curate at The Oaks, New South Wales, after which he served at Armidale Cathedral.
 Coming to England he was on the staff of St James the Less, Bethnal Green then domestic chaplain to the Bishop of Chelmsford from 1914 to 1917.
 He was vicar of Prittlewell from 1917 until his death; an honorary canon of Chelmsford Cathedral from 1921 to 1938 and Rural Dean of Canewdon from 1918 to 1938.
 He was given the Freedom of the County Borough of Southend-on-Sea in 1953.
St John's Cathedral (in full, The Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist) is the Anglican cathedral in Mthatha, South Africa.
 It is the seat of the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Mthatha.
The Very Rev Richard William Herrick (3 December 1913 - 5 May 1981) was an eminent Anglican priest in the 20th century.
 He was educated at King Edward VI School Retford and Leeds University and was initially a civil servant.
 He was ordained after a period of study at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield in 1940.
 he held curacies at Duston and Portsea, Portsmouth before being appointed Vicar of St Michael’s, Northampton in 1947, a post he held for a decade.
 He was then a Canon Residentiary of Chelmsford Cathedral until 1978 when he was appointed Provost of Chelmsford.
 He died in post.
Cathedral of St John The Evangelist is the Mother Church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur and the seat of its Archbishop, Julian Leow Beng Kim.
 The first Church on a nearby site was established in 1883, and consisted of a long wooden hall with a few windows built on a forested area of Bukit Nanas, and was dedicated to St John the Evangelist.
 It was later rebuilt with bricks walls and tile roofed, and today is used as The Community Services Centre".
 The current building was built in 1954 and completed in 1955 and consecrated in 1962, when it was also elevated to the status of cathedral.
 The building is known for its whitewashed exterior and twin spires at the west front.
 It also includes stained glass windows from Paris, depicting scenes from the Gospel.
Michael Leslie Yorke was an Anglican priest in the last decades of the 20th century and the first years of the 21st.
 He was born on 25 March 1939 and educated at Midhurst Grammar School and Magdalene College, Cambridge.
 Ordained in 1965 his first post was a curacy at Croydon Parish Church after which he served as Succentor, Precentor and Chaplain at Chelmsford Cathedral.
 Following this he was Rector of Hadstock, a Canon Residentiary at Chelmsford Cathedral, Vicar of St Margaret’s with St Nicholas, King’s Lynn and Provost of Portsmouth Cathedral.
 In 1999 he became Dean of Lichfield, and is now in retirement as Dean Emeritus.
The Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist (also known as St John's Cathedral) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Portsmouth, England.
 It was opened in 1882 and is the first cathedral to have been built in Portsmouth.
 It is the mother church of the Portsmouth diocese and seat of the Bishop of Portsmouth, currently the Right Reverend Philip Egan.
 It was dedicated on 10 August 1882.
The Very Reverend Godwin Birchenough (27 October 1880, Macclesfield, Cheshire – 3 March, 1953) was the only son of Walter Edwin Birchenough and was the grandson of John Birchenough, a prominent Macclesfield silk manufacturer.
 Godwin Birchenough, who was also a nephew of Sir Henry Birchenough, the President of the British South Africa Company, was educated at Rugby and Oriel College, Oxford.
 Birchenough was ordained in 1905 and was Vicar of Moor Allerton between 1913 and 1921.
 He became an honorary Canon of Chelmsford Cathedral in 1933 and in 1941 became Dean of Ripon Cathedral, becoming Dean Emeritus in 1951.
 An eminent author, he was also vice chairman of the Additional Curates Society between 1934 and 1944.
 Godwin Birchenough married Edith, daughter of Ernest Keay in 1912, he died on 3 March 1953.
The Dean of Chelmsford is the head ("primus inter pares" – first among equals) and chair of the Cathedral Chapter, the governing body of Chelmsford Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin, St Peter and St Cedd.
 Before 2000 the post was designated as a provost, which was then the equivalent of a dean at most English cathedrals.
 The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Chelmsford and seat of the Bishop of Chelmsford.
 The Dean of Chelmsford is also responsible for the Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall at Bradwell-on-Sea, founded by St Cedd, among the oldest church buildings in regular use in England.
Born in Nottingham on 20 October 1926, he was educated at Nottingham High School and St John's College, Cambridge.
 After National Service with the RAF Educational Service he was ordained in 1952.
 He was an Assistant Curate St Mary’s, Radcliffe-on-Trent and then Residential Chaplain to the Bishop of Portsmouth until 1959.
 He was Chaplain at Canford School from 1959 until 1972 when he became Vicar of St John’s, Oakfield, Ryde.
 From 1975 to 1985 he was Director of Religious Education in the Portsmouth Diocese and a Residential Canon of its Cathedral.
 After this he became Archdeacon of Portsmouth.
Chelmsford Cathedral in the city of Chelmsford, Essex, England, is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, St Peter and St Cedd.
 It became a cathedral when the Anglican Diocese of Chelmsford was created in 1914 and is the seat of the Bishop of Chelmsford.