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St Mary’s Cathedral

St Mary's Cathedral in Hobart, , Australia, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Hobart, presently Julian Porteous. The cathedral's origins can be traced back to 1822 when the first permanent Tasmanian priest Philip Conolly constructed a temporary wooden chapel near the present cathedral site and dedicated to God, under the invocation of St.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: cathedral in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
  • Also known as: “St Mary’s Cathedral, Hobart”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Mary’s College and State Library of Tasmania.

School
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St Mary's College is a Kindergarten to Year 12 Catholic, day school for girls, located on the northern city fringe of , , Australia. Although predominantly a girls’ school, St Mary's accepts both boys and girls until Grade 2, and currently caters for approximately 900 students from kindergarten to Year 12.

Library
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The is the reference, special collections, research and public lending library in the capital of , . is situated 470 metres east of St Mary’s Cathedral.

Synagogue
Photo: Peter van der Veer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a heritage-listed synagogue located in 59 Argyle Street, , , Australia. The synagogue is the oldest synagogue building in Australia and is a rare example of Egyptian Revival style of synagogue architecture. is situated 750 metres east of St Mary’s Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Hobart and Hobart.

Suburb
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is an inner-city suburb of , , Australia. It is in the hills immediately west of the Hobart central business district.

Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0.
is the capital city of and is Australia's second oldest city, after . sits along the Derwent River and began humbly as a penal colony.

Suburb
Photo: Tasmanian Wanderer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb of the city of , , Australia. It lies directly north of the Hobart central business district. The main street of is Elizabeth Street, which extends northward from the Elizabeth Street Mall in the city, through , and then becomes the Main Road in and continues through many suburbs to and beyond.

St Mary’s Cathedral

Latitude
-42.88111° or 42° 52′ 52″ south
Longitude
147.31915° or 147° 19′ 9″ east
Open location code
4R994899+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1824934401
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q20642155
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Spanish—“St Mary’s Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه سانت مارى هوبارت”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Hobart”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di Santa Maria”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di Santa Maria”
  • Polish: “Archikatedra Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Hobart”
  • Polish: “Katedra Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Hobart”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Santa María”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St Mary’s Cathedral”. Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.