Hi Ron It helps to be an Anglican or use a dictionary to understand the use of "Manchester" "Cathedral" and "Church". We have established that Manchester is in the UK and that we Manx and our families are all over the world..some very close to that wee dear island and some quite far. A Cathedral, from the Latin meaning "chair" is the seat of the Bishop. In this case seat of the Bishop of Manchester ie the See of Manchester. In the UK being the See of the Diocese of Manchester gives status to Manchester. On the IOM the little Fishing village of Peel is a "City" not the larger town of Douglas because Peel was the former See with it Cathedral of St Germain, the Seat of the Bishops of Sodar and Man. Peel still retains its status I believe as the Seat of the Diocese of Man which is still under the Archbishop of York...Maybe that has changed somewhat?? Many of my Manx relations were baptised, married and buried from and at St Germain and the Parish of Patrick. Manchester is a Church because it is also a parish Church with a congregation. It serves Two functions in one. My wife an I were married in Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio, USA not because of its' size and beauty but because it was her parish Church. She found my parish, the Church of the Ascension, nearer to home with a lot more Manx than just me with whom to content. Even here in Florida I often fly the Manx flag much to the distress of some of my neighbors who think it is a hold over from the old USSR. You are right Ron, this is how we learn..... . Cheers, Bob