| St Mary's Cathedral | |
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 St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart | |
  St Mary's Cathedral Location in Hobart | |
| 42°52′52″S 147°19′09″E / 42.88111°S 147.31926°E | |
| Location | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Country | Australia |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Website | stmaryscathedralhobart |
| History | |
| Status | Cathedral |
| Founded | 12 September 1860 |
| Dedication | Sacred Heart |
| Dedicated | 29 June 1865 rededicated 23 January 1881 |
| Consecrated | 14 July 1866 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) |
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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 |
St Mary's Cathedral in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Hobart, presently Julian Porteous.
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".
- ^ "HOBART CHURCHES St Mary's Cathedral". Mercury. 31 December 1904 – via Trove; National Library of Australia.