St Mary’s Cathedral

St Mary’s Cathedral is a Sydney landmark and one of Australia’s most significant buildings with a history dating back to the 1860s. It is described as Australia’s largest Cathedral building, an English-style Gothic revival building constructed of honey-coloured Sydney sandstone, and is regarded as the Mother Church for Australian Catholics. The Cathedral stands on the site of the first Catholic Chapel in Australia and evolved through a long timeline following a fire which destroyed the first St Mary’s Cathedral in 1865. Its architecture by William Wardell is noted as a masterpiece, and it includes a crypt, stained glass windows, and the heaviest peal of 14 bells hung for change ringing in Australia.

St Mary’s Cathedral is a Sydney landmark and one of Australia’s most significant buildings with a history dating back to the 1860s. The Cathedral evolved through a long and patient timeline following a fire which destroyed the first St Mary’s Cathedral in 1865. As Australia’s largest Cathedral building, this English-style Gothic revival building constructed of honey-coloured Sydney sandstone, is regarded as the Mother Church for Australian Catholics. St Mary’s Cathedral stands on the site of the first Catholic Chapel in Australia. Architect William Wardell’s masterpiece includes a breathtaking crypt, remarkable for the beauty of its floor of terrazzo mosaic, magnificent stained glass windows and the heaviest peal of 14 bells hung for change ringing in Australia.

Sydney landmark and one of Australia’s most significant buildings; Mother Church for Australian Catholics.

1. 1History & Art – St Marys Cathedralstmaryscathedral.org.au
2. 2History of the Cathedral – St Marys Cathedralstmaryscathedral.org.au
3. 3About Us – St Marys Cathedralstmaryscathedral.org.au
4. 4Our Archbishop – St Marys Cathedralstmaryscathedral.org.au