Episcopal Church in South Carolina the schism, leaving the continuing Episcopal Church in South Carolina without a cathedral. In November 2015, the annual diocesan convention designated Grace Church in Charleston as the new diocesan cathedral, Grace Church Cathedral. The newly-chosen cathedral has been selected to host the annual diocesan convention in November 2016. Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry visited the diocese in April 2016, and preached during a service at the new cathedral. The Very Reverend Robert Willis, Dean of Canterbury Cathedral in England, was also in attendance to present a Canterbury cross, and to celebrate "the newest cathedral in the Anglican Communion, which,
Malabar Diocese of the Church of South India styles. On top of the arched entrance porch, there is a three-tiered turret. The church has a main hall and a cluster of rooms to the back and the sides. These are roofed with tiles. The church also has a pipe organ which was a gift from the St. Ayden’s Church in Cheltenham, England. The pioneering founders of the CSI Cathedral Church were Reverend Dr. Hermann Gundert, Reverend Samuel Hebich and Reverend J.M. Fritz. The CSI St. Mary's English Church was built by the British. The original plan of this church was drawn in Gothic design by the then British