ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL.
EIGHTIETH ANNIVERSARY, j 1 Str Mary'e Cathedral to-morrow will ceJebrate the eightieth anpiversaiy of its ! The first St. Mary's was built by Bishop George Augustus Selwyn in 1860 ' iSJL m P reßer )t cathedral was erected in ; : architect was Mr. Mountfort, j who came out to New Zealand to supervise , the building of Chmtchurch Cathedral. I Ihe same architect at the «ame time' designed the Napier Cathedral, which 'was , destroyed m the earthquake. The vi'cai- . St- Mary'e at the time was the Rev. G. " H. S Walpole, who later become Bishop of , ' Edinburgh. Bishop Cowie then held the • eeo of Auckland and made St. Mary's the' 1 cathedral church of the diocese. The! lodges, of the English Freemasons will attend the morning service as Dean Fan- i court is their district grand chaplain. In the evening the preacher will be Archbishop Averill.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 237, 5 October 1940, Page 14
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