The bishop of a 140-year-old church in downtown Winnipeg that's facing the possibility of demolition said every effort will be made to find a buyer who will preserve the church, provide a space for its congregation to worship, and continue programming geared to helping people in the city's core. Geoffrey Woodcroft, the Anglican bishop of the diocese of Rupert's Land, which includes Winnipeg, says he gave Holy Trinity Anglican Church permission to sell the property last February, based on those conditions. "To that end, I've spent the last couple of months seeking counsel and seeking persons, professionals, vocationals, who may be able to help us in this project," Woodcroft told CBC on Tuesday.
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, located on the corner of Smith Street and Graham Avenue in Winnipeg's downtown, has significant structural damage in need of repair, including water damage and cracks that creep up the walls around the altar and elsewhere in the building. Holy Trinity was erected around 1883. (Randall McKenzie/CBC) Holy Trinity's latest annual report , released in February, said the parish has been aware since the late 1980s that "major repairs to build a foundation under the historic church would be necessary to avoid a collapse.
" Without the repairs, estimated to cost about $7 million, "structural failure and/or the building being condemned is likely a matter of months to a few years at most," an April post on the diocese's website said . With shrinking membership, the co.
