From New Zealand-There's more than one battle in this long saga and only one of the cathedrals will have a happy ending.
Both buildings were severely damaged by the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes and aftershocks, and both sit derelict.
The future of the Catholic Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes St looked safe after the Bishop Barry Jones supported restoration.
Meanwhile, the iconic ChristChurch Anglican Cathedral in the city centre looked doomed after its Bishop Victoria Matthews opted to demolish and rebuild.
But several years after the disastrous events of 2011, their fates have switched.
The Gothic-designed ChristChurch cathedral will be rebuilt and its classical Catholic counterpart will be deconstructed and a new one built closer to the city centre.
More here-
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018725000/the-different-fates-of-christchurch-s-catholic-and-anglican-cathedrals
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