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Although constructed over a period of 600 years, its main architectural style is Perpendicular Gothic, replete with tall windows and flat fan-vaulted ceilings. The interior of the church contains many pieces of period art, notably the medieval woodcarvings of the Ripon Carvers. It is one of the Grade I listed buildings in Manchester.

The Cathedral's current Dean, as of 2005, is the Very Reverend Rogers Morgan Govender. The previous Dean, the Very Reverend Kenneth Riley retired in 2005.

The first Christian church on the site of the current cathedral was built in the 8th century. Evidence for this comes from the Angel Stone which dates to the period; the Old English inscription on the stone translates as "into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit".^{[2][notes 1]} The Saxon Church was recorded as St Mary's in the Domesday Survey. The entry for Manchester reads "the Church of St Mary and the Church of St Michael hold one carucate of land in Manchester exempt from all customary dues except tax".^{[4][notes 2]}