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Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel, St Patrick's Estate, Manly, November 1935

By
Sam Hood
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a214001 / PXE 789 (v.13), 11]
(Mitchell Library)

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Hood, Sam

State Library of New South Wales

Christian church architecture

Church architecture in Sydney has at times been the most significant and exceptional in the architecture of Sydney. At other times, church denominations have settled on continuing a successful type, seeking to make a noticeable character across the region. As immigrants imported their traditions, they adapted to the materials and surroundings of the new country.

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St Patrick's College

Leading Australian Catholic seminary at North Head for over a century, conceived by Archbishop Vaughan.

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Manly

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Peninsular suburb at the northern entrance to Port Jackson, which faces both the harbour and the ocean. Its name comes from the 'confidence and manly behaviour' of the Aboriginal people encountered there by Governor Arthur Phillip in 1788.

St Patrick's estate

Catholic church headquarters in Sydney, originally comprising the Archbishop's House, also known as the Cardinal's Palace, and St Patrick's Seminary. They were designed by Sheerin and Hennessy and built in 1885. The area is now part of a residential and commercial development.

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Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel

Chapel designed by the architects Hennessy, Hennessy & Co and built in 1934-35 as part of St Patrick's seminary. It was named for Cardinal Cerretti who had come to Australia in 1915 as the first Apostolic Delegate, diplomatic representative of the Papacy in Australia.

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