Sacred Heart Cathedral
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Sacred Heart Cathedral

Also known as Cathedral of the Sacred Heart

Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand

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    Coordinates: -41.27680, 174.77556
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The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart and of Saint Mary His Mother, better known as Sacred Heart Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic Cathedral on Hill Street, ellington, New Zealand. It is the parish church of the Thorndon Catholic parish (founded 1850) and the cathedral of the bishop of Wellington. The cathedral is part of a Catholic precinct which includes Viard House.

The church was popularly known as "the Basilica"

On a pier beside the South Aisle are three memorial tablets (one in English, two in Latin) relating to Bishop Viard, the first Bishop of Wellington who died in 1872 and is buried in the Cathedral. He was originally buried in the old St Mary's Cathedral in a brick vault at the foot of Our Lady's Altar. His tomb in the present cathedral is approximately on the Hill Street side of the baptismal font at the cross-aisle. Four years later, the first parish priest of Thorndon, Father Jean Baptist Petitjean, who had arrived in Wellington with Bishop Viard in 1850, died in front of the same altar at the tomb of his bishop. Father Petitjean is buried at Mount Street Cemetery and is also commemorated in the Sacred Heart Cathedral.



The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart and of Saint Mary His Mother, better known as Sacred Heart Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic Cathedral on Hill Street, ellington, New Zealand. It is the parish church of the Thorndon Catholic parish (founded 1850) and the cathedral of the bishop of Wellington. The cathedral is part of a Catholic precinct which includes Viard House.

The church was popularly known as "the Basilica"

On a pier beside the South Aisle are three memorial tablets (one in English, two in Latin) relating to Bishop Viard, the first Bishop of Wellington who died in 1872 and is buried in the Cathedral. He was originally buried in the old St Mary's Cathedral in a brick vault at the foot of Our Lady's Altar. His tomb in the present cathedral is approximately on the Hill Street side of the baptismal font at the cross-aisle. Four years later, the first parish priest of Thorndon, Father Jean Baptist Petitjean, who had arrived in Wellington with Bishop Viard in 1850, died in front of the same altar at the tomb of his bishop. Father Petitjean is buried at Mount Street Cemetery and is also commemorated in the Sacred Heart Cathedral.



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  • Added: 31 Jan 2024
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2795395