Requests for prayer should be made to the clergy. Requests for prayer can be forwarded via email. Confessions The Sacrament of Penance, or Confession as it is more commonly known, is an important part of Christian life. A priest is available to hear confessions every Friday at 5.40pm, or by appointment. The Cathedral is administered by a Council.
All members serve for a term of three years.
The Bishop, Dean, Archdeacon and Registrar are members ex officio. Although the Cathedral Church of Christ the King is the oldest Anglican Church in Ballarat today, our present church building was not the first to be built. There had been an earlier church, constructed of wood, where Eyre and Armstrong Streets now intersect. In 1854 the foundation stone of the present church was laid by Archdeacon Stretch, of Geelong. But times were bad for the next two years.