Location Hobart, Tasmania Denomination Roman Catholic Length 26 m Architectural style Gothic architecture | Country Australia Dedication Sacred Heart Width 16 m Archbishop Julian Porteous | |
Website hobart.catholic.org.au/content/history-st-marys-cathedral Founded 12 September 1860 (1860-09-12) Address Hobart TAS 7000, Australia Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart Architects Henry Hunter, Augustus Pugin Similar St Mark's Cathedral - Port Pirie, St Mary's Star of the Sea Cath, Sacred Heart Cathedral, St Patrick's Cathedral - Bunbury, St Brigid's Catholic Church | ||
The Cathedral’s origins can be traced back to 1822 when the first permanent Tasmanian priest Reverend Philip Conolly (1786-1839) constructed a temporary wooden chapel near the present Cathedral site and dedicated to God, under the invocation of St. Atirgilius, an "Irish Saint"
The current Cathedral foundation stone was laid in 1860 was re-opened in 1866, St Mary’s Cathedral is located in Harrington Street, Hobart. The cathedral was built in the style of Gothic architecture.
Structural problems caused by faulty building resulted in the Cathedral being largely dismantled and re-constructed to a modified design between 1876 and 1881.
It is place of worship for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart.
St Mary's College is located next to the Cathedral. The College celebrates the Catholic liturgical year by attending Mass.
The Catholic Archbishop of Hobart, Tasmania, Julian Porteous resides at the Cathedral.
The organ at St Mary’s Cathedral, Hobart was built in 1893 by Fincham & Hobday.
Stained Glass Windows
Dominated by the exquisite Hardman Studio window in the style of a fourteenth century Gothic window; the five lancets depict pivotal scenes from the Gospel and the tracery at the top of the window details heavenly images, from the nineteenth century.
The Rose window in the West end of the Cathedral (1981), the Pentecost Window (1989), and the Heroic and Saintly Women (1995) are other windows specific to the cathedral.