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18-2787: (Redirected from St Patrick’s Cathedral ) St. Patrick's Cathedral may refer to: Australia [ edit ] St Patrick's Basilica, Fremantle , Western Australia St Patrick's Cathedral, Ballarat , Roman Catholic Diocese of Ballarat, Victoria St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne , Victoria St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta , New South Wales St Patrick's Cathedral, Toowoomba , Queensland St Patrick's Cathedral, Bunbury , Western Australia Barbados [ edit ] St. Patrick's Cathedral, Bridgetown Canada [ edit ] St. Patrick's Basilica, Montreal , Quebec St Patrick's Basilica, Ottawa , Ontario St. Patrick's Cathedral, Thunder Bay , Ontario St. Patrick's Church, St. John's , Newfoundland India [ edit ] St Patrick's Cathedral, Pune Northern Ireland [ edit ] St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Church of Ireland) St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Roman Catholic) Republic of Ireland [ edit ] St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin St Patrick's Cathedral, Trim , County Meath St. Patrick's Cathedral, Skibbereen St Patrick's Cathedral, Killala Lesotho [ edit ] St. Patrick's Cathedral, Mohale's Hoek Madagascar [ edit ] St Patrick's Cathedral, Andranomena, Toliara United States [ edit ] Our Lady of La Vang Parish , formerly Saint Patrick Proto-Cathedral Parish, California Cathedral of Saint Patrick (Norwich, Connecticut) St. Patrick's Co-Cathedral (Billings, Montana) Pro-Cathedral of Saint Patrick in Newark , New Jersey St. Patrick's Cathedral (Midtown Manhattan) , New York City St. Patrick's Old Cathedral , Lower Manhattan, New York City Cathedral of Saint Patrick (Charlotte, North Carolina) Cathedral of Saint Patrick (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Cathedral Parish of Saint Patrick (El Paso, Texas) St. Patrick Cathedral (Fort Worth, Texas) Elsewhere [ edit ] St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland , New Zealand Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi , Pakistan Other [ edit ] "St. Patrick's Cathedral", instrumental pieces of music on The Dubliners' album Further Along from 1996 See also [ edit ] St._Patrick's Church (disambiguation) Saint Patrick Saint Patrick's Day Saint Patrick (disambiguation) St. Patrick's Church (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with St. Patrick's Cathedral All pages with titles containing St. Patrick's Cathedral Topics referred to by

36-427: A diocesan synod in 1902 that a permanent cathedral be built in the diocese. A committee was formed and they accepted the plans of Philadelphia architect George I. Lovatt, Sr. Bodies that had been buried in the parish cemetery had to be relocated to the new Mount Calvary Cemetery. Ground was broken for the new church in 1904 and it was completed on March 1, 1907. The cathedral was built for $ 250,000. The church

54-430: A gothic revival style, the foundation stone was laid on St Patrick's Day , 17 March 1898 and the nave opened on 3 June 1900. The design incorporated a nave with aisles and clerestory, transepts, a wide and spacious apse, with a tower and spire supported by flying buttresses rising from the northern side. Only the nave was initially completed. A new sanctuary of equivalent scale was opened on 24 April 1960. The building

72-526: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Church building disambiguation pages St Patrick%27s Basilica, Fremantle Basilica of St Patrick is a Roman Catholic church located on Adelaide Street in Fremantle, Western Australia . It is one of five churches in Australia with minor basilica status. The parish of St Patrick Fremantle

90-621: Is flanked by granite columns that support a vaulted ceiling. There are forty-four stained glass windows in the nave that were imported from Munich, Germany . The original altar was patterned after the Bernini altar found in the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament in St. Peter's Basilica , Rome . The original pulpit featured carved figures that were patterned after a fresco found in

108-893: The National Register of Historic Places . Catholicism came to Central Pennsylvania before the American Revolutionary War . German Jesuits established the Conewago Chapel (1730) and St. Mary's Church (1743) in Lancaster . By 1806 there was a small Catholic mission in Harrisburg. Property in Allison Hill was bought in 1813 and a chapel was built on the site. As Harrisburg began to develop, Irish immigrants arrived in town. The Rev. Patrick Leary bought property on State Street in 1824, and

126-647: The Roman Catacombs . It showed the four evangelists with the Lamb of God standing on the Mystic mount. The cathedral has undergone a couple of major renovations in its history. In the 1949-1950 project the altar was simplified and the chancel was renovated to provide more space. The interior of the church was frescoed including the four Western Fathers of the Church , Jerome , Augustine of Hippo , Gregory

144-435: The cornerstone for the first St. Patrick's church was laid two years later. The church was built for $ 6,500. The parish was visited by St. John Neumann , who was the bishop of Philadelphia and therefore the parish's bishop, in 1855 and 1857. The Diocese of Harrisburg was established by Pope Pius IX on March 3, 1868. St. Patrick's was named the pro-cathedral of the new diocese. Bishop John W. Shanahan proposed at

162-604: The Congregation of Oblates of Mary Immaculate who have served the parish since their arrival from Ireland in 1894. This instrument was extensively rebuilt and enlarged by the South Island Organ Company Ltd, of Timaru, New Zealand, with Rod Junor as consultant, and resulted from a private donation from the Hughes family in memory of Alice Hughes. The work was completed for Easter 1998 and represents

180-593: The Great and Ambrose , which embellish the pendentives beneath the dome. An inscription was added to the lower part of the dome which reads: "Behold, I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world." The shrines of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Joseph were given chiaroscuro backdrops. The Stations of the Cross were created in simulated bronze with gold highlights and were recessed in

198-675: The Transept Organ has two manuals & pedal. Cathedral of Saint Patrick (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) The Cathedral of Saint Patrick is a cathedral of the Catholic Church in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania , United States . It is the mother church of the Diocese of Harrisburg and is the seat of its bishop . It is a contributing property in the Harrisburg Historic District on

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216-462: The case and provided some extensions. The present organ dates from 1988 to 1990 and was built by Bellsham Pipe Organs (Aust.) Pty Ltd and incorporated some of the pipework and chests from the Bishop organ. Apart from the divided Grand Organ in the west gallery, it incorporated an interconnected two-manual organ in the south transept. The organs were given as a thanksgiving in memory of the many priests of

234-506: The largest parish church organ in Australasia. The work carried out was extensive, involving the complete reorganisation and expansion of the internal layout, with several new divisions, additional pipework and complete revoicing, new winding system, new serial drive MIDI electrical and combination systems, made by Muldersoft of Auckland, and a new low profile transept console. The Grand Organ has four manuals and pedal, and 109 stops, while

252-449: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title St. Patrick's Cathedral . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Patrick%27s_Cathedral&oldid=1238960035 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

270-439: The wall. The chancel was modified in 1976. A new free-standing altar was created from the high altar and located closer to the congregation. The tabernacle was placed at a new Altar of Repose, a new ambo (pulpit) was installed, and the cathedra (bishop's chair) was relocated to a more central position. Over the years several shrines were added to the cathedral in memory of the bishops of Harrisburg. Bishop John W. Shanahan

288-525: Was created around 1850. In 1894, the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate arrived in Australia from Ireland and the parish was given to their care. Here, they established their first community. In 1994, they celebrated a century of ministry to the church in Australia, and commissioned the current church as an icon in Fremantle as part of their celebrations. Designed by Michael Cavanagh in

306-689: Was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property in the Harrisburg Historic District in 1976. St. Patrick's Cathedral was designed in the Baroque Revival style with Renaissance Revival influences and capped with a classically influenced dome. The exterior of the building is covered in granite from North Carolina . The interior featured wainscoting covered in oriental marble topped with Connemara marble . The main nave

324-506: Was raised to the status of a minor basilica in 1994. The basilica and adjacent presbytery are listed on the Western Australia Heritage Register . The parish is also linked into the annual blessing of the fleet in Fremantle. The original two manual organ was by Bishop & Son, of London, supplied in 1895. J.E. Dodd & Sons ' Gunstar Organ Works electrified this organ in the 1960s and they divided

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