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The St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, [1] or St Mary's Church, is a Catholic church located on Manchester Street in Christchurch, [2] in the South Island of New Zealand. [3]It serves as the seat of the bishop of the Latin Church Diocese of Christchurch (Dioecesis Christopolitana), which was erected in 1887.
Marian College, Christchurch was founded in 1982 with the merging of two Catholic secondary schools for girls, St Mary's College (Sisters of Mercy, established in Colombo Street in 1893) and McKillop College (named for Mary MacKillop (St Mary of the Cross)) located in Shirley (founded in 1949 by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart).
The Sisters of Mercy arrived in Christchurch in 1894, when under the guidance of Mother Mary Bernard (1810/1811?–1895), St Marys Parish School and Convent was established. [1] [3] The chapel, built in 1910, is the last remaining building of the St Mary's Convent, the rest of the complex having been demolished in 1994. [4]
The following cathedrals of the Catholic Church in New Zealand (all of which are of the Latin Rite) are located in New Zealand: [1] St Patrick's Cathedral in Auckland; Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch; St Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Christchurch; Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hamilton; Cathedral of the Holy Spirit ...
The CBS built a new state of the art facility at St Mary's Pro-Cathedral in which to house their music library, offices and a practice hall. Despite the Canterbury earthquakes, the choir and orchestra were still able to go ahead with their annual New Zealand tours, as well as going on their first Asian tour in 2012 and their fifth Australian ...
Unless the pope either formally revokes Christchurch's designation or grants cathedral status to another church, the main Roman Catholic church in Dublin will continue to be designated a "pro-cathedral" [a] (meaning provisional or acting cathedral), a title officially given to St Mary's Church in 1886, though it used that title unofficially ...
St Joseph's Church, Darfield built in 1936, following a fire which gutted the previous wooden structure in 1934; St Mary's Catholic Church, Hokitika. Following a structural assessment triggered by the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, the church was closed to the public in June 2012. [2]
Media related to St Luke's Vicarage, Christchurch at Wikimedia Commons II St Mary's Church [62] 24 Church Lane, Merivale Anglican church built 1926. [63] Demolished following the February 2011 earthquake and later replaced. [64] Media related to St Mary's Church, Christchurch at Wikimedia Commons II St Mary's Church [65] 329 Halswell Road, Halswell