page_title: St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
section_title: Construction
hierarchical_section_title: St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland / Current Cathedral / Construction
caption_attribution_description: English: Re-touched photograph of St Patrick's Cathedral, Wyndham Street, Auckland. Taken by William A Price in 1908. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's title on negative -bottom right: St Patricks Cathedral, Auck. Re-opened 24-2-08. [unreadable]. Quantity: 1 b&amp;w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland. Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives. Ref: 1/2-000776-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. natlib.govt.nz/records/22683462
context_page_description: The Cathedral of St Patrick and St Joseph is a Catholic church in Auckland CBD, situated on the corner of Federal Street and Wyndham St. It is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland and the cathedral of the Bishop of Auckland.
  In 1841, the land was acquired by Bishop Jean Baptiste Pompallier, the first Catholic bishop in New Zealand. A wooden chapel was constructed in 1842, replaced by a stone church in 1848, which was expanded in 1884, and finally replaced with the current cathedral in 1907. The church was designated as a cathedral in 1848, and consecrated in 1963.
context_section_description: By the turn of the century, the Cathedral was once again found to be inadequate in size for the burgeoning population of Auckland. Edward Mahoney's son and architectural partner, Thomas Mahoney, drafted plans for the demolition of the stone church and its replacement with expanded transepts. In 1907, the 1848 church was demolished, with further extension of the nave (by 12.2 metres), the addition of a sanctuary, the construction of four sacristies and two side chapels, and the addition of three ample entrance porches (one constituting the baptistry). On 23 February 1908, the newly reconstructed building – the present St Patrick's Cathedral – was opened, in the presence of a capacity congregation of 1,300, by Cardinal Francis Moran, the Archbishop of Sydney.
caption: Re-touched photograph, taken by William A Price in 1908
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