ST MARK’S CATHEDRAL
PORT PIRIE, SA CATHOLIC
PAUL SCOTT
The red numbers on this plan of St Mark’s Cathedral indicate the route we shall take in exploring this building.
With some imagination, the Cathedral can be seen as cruciform in shape, with the main transept enlarged, taking in the top of the Cross (bottom of illustrated plan). The ‘fill-ins’ are in fact vestries and sacristies.
A brief history of the Cathedral is given below. However, if you want to begin your tour of the Cathedral immediately, tap / click on START . You can also access intermediate points in the tour by a tap / click on the following links:
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HISTORY
[Wikipedia]
The Cathedral
St Mark’s Cathedral is the main place of Catholic worship in the city of Port Pirie, South Australia, and is the seat of the bishop of the Diocese of Port Pirie (Dioecesis Portus Piriensis). The church was inaugurated on 9 July 1882, with the design of architect C. Polain, of Napperby, and was elevated to the dignity of a cathedral in 1887. The church was destroyed by fire on 21 October 1947. The newly restored Cathedral was reopened in 1953. Prior to the relocation of the administrative centre to Port Pirie, the cathedral was All Saints’ Cathedral, Port Augusta.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mark%27s_Cathedral,_Port_Pirie
The Diocese
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Pirie is a suffragan Latin Rite diocese of the Archdiocese of Adelaide, erected in 1887 covering the Yorke and Eyre Peninsulas, Flinders Ranges, Nullarbor Plain, and Mid and Far North regions of South Australia.
The Diocese of Port Augusta was canonically erected by Pope Leo XIII on 10 May 1887, the same day the pope elevated the See of Adelaide to a metropolitan archdiocese and placed the new diocese in its province. On 5 August 1951 the seat of the diocese was moved from Port Augusta to Port Pirie, with the name of the diocese being also changed.
In terms of geographic size the Diocese of Port Pirie is Australia’s second largest diocese (after Darwin) and one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. The diocese measures 978,823 km2, which is made up of the largest portion of South Australia and the southern parts of the Northern Territory.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Port_Pirie
