[4] Construction of the current building to designs by architect Bagan Benjamin started on 1 November 1924.

The foundation stone was laid by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) on 21 April 1925.

In 1976 the relics of Rev Dr Samuel Ajayi Crowther, a former enslaved Yoruba man who became the first African bishop in the Anglican Church, were translated to the cathedral.

One of the sections, Antiphonal, is located at the organ loft above the main entrance to the church.

In 1969, then president of Nigeria, Yakubu Gowon married Miss Victoria Zakari, at a ceremony officiated by Seth Irunsewe Kale at the Cathedral.