The cathedral serves as the seat for the Bishop of Nelson, currently Steve Maina, and is the mother church for the Diocese of Nelson of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.

The marble was then ground down and mixed with plaster to give the unusual appearance and colour.

This granite was obtained from Tonga Beach, which is now part of Abel Tasman National Park.

[4] There is now a monument that overlooks Trafalgar Street and celebrates 100 years of settlement in Nelson.

The organ is spread over three manuals and pedals and has a detached electric-action console situated on a gallery opposite the pipes in the chancel.