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St Mark's Catholic Cathedral
Port Pirie, SA 5540
Church Information
| Church Name: | St Mark's Catholic Cathedral |
| Church Previous Name: | St Mark's Catholic Church |
| Denomination: | Catholic Church in Australia |
| Street Address: | 107 Gertrude St, Port Pirie SA 5540, Australia |
| Suburb: | Port Pirie |
| State: | SA |
| Postcode: | 5540 |
| Foundation Stone Laid: | unknown |
| Foundation Stone Notes: | No Foundation Stone or Memorial Plaque details are known. Information/photographs are invited. Astone tablet in the fence records: This fence has been - erected to the memory - of the - Very Rev John O'Mahony PP - Died at Port Pirie 1922. |
| Date Opened: | 01-03-1953 |
| Date Closed: | unknown |
| Email: | admin@churchesaustralia.org |
Comments
The St Mark's Catholic Cathedral is part of the Cathedral Parish (including St Anthony's - Solomontown; Holy Trinity - Crystal Brook: St Martin's - Redhill) and the Diocese of Port Pirie (formerly Port Augusta). The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Port Pirie. A church has existed on this site since 1875, with a more permanent structure erected about 1881, which was extended and completed in the 1900s. Unfortunately this building was destroyed by fire on 21/10/1947. The present building was erected in its place as the Cathedral church of the Diocese of Port Pirie. It was opened and blessed on 1/3/1953 by Cardinal Gilroy of Sydney, a former Bishop of the Diocese1. More historical information/photographs of the cathedral/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 21/1/2024.
Note 1: Sourced from: https://piriecathparish.org.au/st-marks-cathedral For more of the story and additional photographs see - http://paulscottinfo.ipage.com/cathedrals/portpirie/catholic/
Note: Photograph attribution/source - By JohnArmagh - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23413709
