Question: Which was opened first, the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth or the Chester Cathedral?

Context articles: St. John's Cathedral (Kuala Lumpur)
St John's Cathedral, Mthatha
Chester Cathedral Constables
Norman Crowder
Charles Cockbill
Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth
Chester Cathedral Library
Westminster St Margaret and St John
Chester Cathedral Choir
Chester Cathedral

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.
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.
Chester Cathedral Constables are a small team of constables who maintain order and security in and around the Chester Cathedral.
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.
Cockbill was educated at Bristol Grammar School and St John's College, Oxford.
 He was ordained in 1911 and began his career with curacies at St John’s, Bridgwater and Holy Trinity, Eltham.
 He held incumbencies at All Saints, Oakhill, Holy Trinity, Bath and St John the Evangelist, Digswell.
 He was diocesan director of religious education for the Diocese of St Albans from 1935 to 1948; and a canon residentiary of its cathedral from 1942 to 1958.
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.
Chester Cathedral Library is situated in three rooms in and around the cathedral in Chester, Cheshire, England.
 It has been in existence since the time of St Werburgh's Abbey, the predecessor of the cathedral.
 The library was previously housed mainly in the chapter house of the cathedral, then in a room above the former King's School.
 During the 2000s it was refurbished and partly rehoused.
 It is available for study and research, and is open for visits by organised groups.
St Margaret was an ancient parish in the City and Liberty of Westminster and the county of Middlesex.
 It included the core of modern Westminster, including the Palace of Westminster and the area around, but not including Westminster Abbey.
 In 1727 it was divided into St Margaret's and St John's, to coincide with the building of the Church of St John the Evangelist, constructed by the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches in Smith Square to meet the demands of the growing population, but there continued to be a single vestry for the parishes of St Margaret and St John.
 This was reformed in 1855 by the Metropolis Management Act, and the two parishes formed the Westminster District until 1887.
 In 1889 St Margaret and St John became part of the County of London.
 The vestry was abolished in 1900, to be replaced by Westminster City Council, but St Margaret and St John continued to have a nominal existence until 1922.
Chester Cathedral Choir is the resident choir of Chester Cathedral, Cheshire, England.
 In common with most British cathedral choirs, the choir sings evensong daily during term time.
Chester Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral and the mother church of the Diocese of Chester.
 It is located in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England.
 The cathedral (formerly the abbey church of a Benedictine monastery, dedicated to Saint Werburgh) is dedicated to Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
 Since 1541 it has been the seat of the Bishop of Chester.