St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart
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This article is about Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Hobart. For other uses, see St. Mary's Cathedral.
St Mary's Cathedral in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Hobart, presently Julian Porteous.
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St Mary's Cathedral | |
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Location in Hobart | |
42°52′52″S 147°19′09″E | |
Location | Hobart, Tasmania |
Country | Australia |
Denomination | Catholic |
Website | stmaryscathedralhobart |
History | |
Status | Cathedral |
Founded | 12 September 1860 (1860-09-12) |
Dedication | Sacred Heart |
Dedicated | 29 June 1865 (1865-06-29) rededicated 23 January 1881 (1881-01-23) |
Consecrated | 14 July 1866 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
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Architectural type | Cathedral |
Style | Gothic Revival architecture |
Years built |
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Groundbreaking | 1860 |
Specifications | |
Length | 26 metres (84 ft) |
Width | 16 metres (52 ft) |
Nave width | 5.5 metres (18 ft) |
Nave height | 5.8 metres (19 ft) |
Materials | Sandstone |
Bells | Ring of 10 Bells and two semitones |
Administration | |
Province | Hobart |
Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Hobart |
Parish | Cathedral |
Clergy | |
Archbishop | Julian Porteous |
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The cathedral's origins can be traced back to 1822[1] when the first permanent Tasmanian priest Philip Conolly (1786–1839) constructed a temporary wooden chapel near the present cathedral site and dedicated to God, under the invocation of St. Virgilius, an "Irish Saint".