The
Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Diocese of Washington, operated under the more familiar name of
Washington National Cathedral, is a
cathedral of the
Episcopal Church located in
Washington, D.C., the capital of the
United States. Of
Neo-Gothic design closely modeled on English Gothic style of the late fourteenth century, it is the sixth-largest cathedral in the world, the second-largest in the United States, and the highest as well as the
fourth-tallest structure in Washington, D.C. The cathedral is the
seat of both the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church,
Michael Bruce Curry, and the Bishop of the
Diocese of Washington,
Mariann Edgar Budde. In 2009, nearly 400,000 visitors toured the structure. Average attendance at Sunday services in 2009 was 1,667, the highest of all domestic parishes in the Episcopal Church that year.