Our Lady of Victories Basilica
Our Lady of Victories Basilica (Eng .: Basilica of Our Lady of Victory ) is a Roman Catholic church in Camberwell , a suburb of Melbourne in Boroondara County . The church dedicated to Mary of Victory belongs to the Archdiocese of Melbourne and bears the title of a minor basilica .
Church building
The parish was founded in 1859 and received half a hectare of land in a conspicuous location when the land was divided. In 1912 an appeal was launched to buy 50,000 stones for the new church. The church was designed in the neo-Romanesque style by the architect Augustus Andrew Fritsch (1866-1933) and built under Father George Robinson. It was built from Barrabool stone from Waurn Ponds, Geelong . The church received a distinctive copper cladding with a golden statue of the Virgin Mary on the dome. The foundation stone was laid on May 25, 1913 in the presence of 45,000 people by the Archbishop of Melbourne Thomas Carr , his successor Daniel Mannix opened the opening on October 6, 1918 with 80,000 people in attendance.
The organ was built by TW Magahy & Son in County Cork, Ireland at a cost of £ 3,000 and installed in 1920. The installation of the lead glass windows was completed in 1924. The church was founded on May 25, 1925 by the Bishop of Sandhurst John McCarthy ordained . The stations of the cross were installed in 1929.
Pope John Paul II elevated Our Lady of Victories to a minor basilica on December 9, 1996 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Description of Our Lady of Victories Basilica
- ↑ Our Lady of Victories Basilica at gcatholic.org
Coordinates: 37 ° 50 ′ 1.7 ″ S , 145 ° 3 ′ 23.8 ″ E