St Columba's Church, Edinburgh is a

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located in the Newington district of

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, Scotland.

History

The foundation stone of the church was laid on Easter Tuesday 23 April 1889 and it was officially opened on Sunday 17 November of that year. The building was designed in the classic Renaissance style by Rhoderic Cameron. Notable features include a collection of statues in the window niches. The presbytery and hall were added by

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, 1927. It is a

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. A two-manual pipe organ by Matthew Copley was installed in 1997.

Parish organisation

From 2017 the parishes in Edinburgh were organised into clusters to better coordinate their resources. St Columba's is one of four parishes in Cluster 4 along with St Peter's,

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and St Mark's. The Edinburgh Group of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham meet in St Columba's.

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