Paulus Cathedral (Melbourne)

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St Paul's Cathedral seen from the north - liturgical east

The Paul Cathedral ( St Paul's Cathedral ) in Melbourne 's Cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne and Metropolitan Church of the Province of Victoria in Australia. It is the seat of the Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, who is also the Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia and Metropolitan of the Province of Victoria. The cathedral, which was built in stages, is one of the landmarks of the city of Melbourne.

history

St Paul's Cathedral was built in the late nineteenth century on the site of the first public Christian service in Melbourne when the city was founded in 1835.

Until 1848, Melbourne's grain market was located at the site of today's cathedral, after which the site was opened for the construction of an Anglican parish church, the Pauluskirche. The Pauluskirche was built in the early neo-Gothic style from basalt ( bluestone ) from Victoria, and was consecrated in 1852. In 1885 the parish church was demolished to make way for the twin tower facade of today's cathedral.

Building history

The neo-Gothic St. Paul's Cathedral was designed by the English architect William Butterfield , partly in the early Gothic Early English Period and in the High Gothic Decorated Style , and built within eleven years. After the foundation stone was laid in 1880, the cathedral was consecrated on January 22, 1891. At this time, the bishopric was moved from the former St. James Cathedral (today the St James Old Cathedral on Kings Street) to the new St. Paul's Cathedral. The church was built from sandstone from the Barrabool Hills and limestone from near Geelong . As a result, the cathedral has a warm yellow-brown tone and not, like other historical buildings in Melbourne, its characteristic cool blue-gray.

Construction of the towers began in 1926, based on a design by the Sydney architect John Barr. Butterfield's original design was a double tower facade with a crossing tower , Barr created one of the landmarks of the city of Melbourne with its three towers. The main tower of St Paul's Cathedral is the second tallest church tower in the Anglican Church Fellowship after Salisbury Cathedral .

organ

The large cathedral organ was built in England by the organ builder TC Lewis & Co (Brixton, England), shipped to Melbourne and completed in time for the consecration service in 1891. The instrument was last extensively restored in 1990. It has 53 stops on four manual works and a pedal. The playing and stop actions are electro-pneumatic.

I Great Organ C – c 4
1. Bourdon 16 ′
2. Open Diapason no 1 8th'
3. Open diapason no 2 8th'
4th Flute harmonique 8th'
5. Stopped diapason 8th'
6th Gamba 8th'
7th Octave 4 ′
8th. Gemshorn 4 ′
9. Octave Quint 2 ⁄ 3 ′
10. Great Octave 2 ′
11. Mixture IV
12. Trumpet 16 ′
13. Trumpet 8th'
14th Clarion 4 ′
II Swell Organ C – c 4
15th Bourdon 16 ′
16. Violin Principal 8th'
17th Pipe flute 8th'
18th Viole de Gambe 8th'
19th Voix Celestes 8th'
20th Vox Angelica 8th'
21st Octave 4 ′
22nd Pipe flute 4 ′
23. Flautina 2 ′
24. Mixture III
Tremulant
25th Contra fagotto 16 ′
26th horn 8th'
27. oboe 8th'
28. Clarion 4 ′
III Choir Organ C – c 4
29 Lovely Gedact 16 ′
30th Salicional 8th'
31. Lovely Gedact 8th'
32. Dulciana 8th'
33. Flauto Traverso 8th'
34. Lovely flute 4 ′
35. Piccolo Harmonique 2 ′
36. Corno di Bassetto 8th'
IV Solo Organ C – c 4
swellable
37. Flute harmonique 8th'
38. Flute harmonique 4 ′
39. Orchestral oboe 8th'
40. Clarionet 8th'
41. Vox Humana 8th'
Tremulant
42. Tuba mirabilis 8th'
not swellable
43. Tuba Magna 8th'
44. Trumpet Harmonique 8th'
Pedal Organ C – f 1
45. Open diapason 32 ′
46. Great bass 16 ′
47. Sub bass 16 ′
48. Violone 16 ′
49. Quint 10 2 ⁄ 3  ′
50. violoncello 8th'
51. Flute bass 8th'
52. Contra trumpet 32 ′
53. trombone 16 ′
  • Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, IV / II, IV / I, I / P, II / P, III / P, IV / P as well as various sub, super octave and reed couplers

Dompröpste from Melbourne ( Dean of Melbourne )

  • Hussey Burgh Macartney, 1852-1894 (Provost of St. James and from 1894 of St. Paul Cathedral)
  • George Oakley Vance, 1894-1910
  • Reginald Stephen, 1910–1914 (Bishop of Tasmania from 1914)
  • Charles John Godby, 1914-1919
  • John Stephen Hart, 1919–1927 (Bishop of Wangaratta from 1927, 1927)
  • George Ellis Aickin, 1927-1932
  • Frederick Waldegrave Head, 1934-1941
  • Henry Thomas Langley, 1942–1947
  • Alfred Roscoe Wilson, 1947-1953
  • Stuart Barton Babbage, 1953-1962
  • Tom William Thomas, 1962-1984
  • James Alexander Grant, 1985-1999
  • David John Leyburn Richardson, 1999-2008
  • Mark Gregory Burton, 2008-2012
  • Andreas Loewe , 2012-present

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b History , accessed on October 26, 2014
  2. ^ St Paul's Cathedral , accessed October 26, 2014
  3. ↑ information on organ (English)

Web links

Commons : St. Paul's Cathedral (Melbourne)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 37 ° 49 ′ 0.5 ″  S , 144 ° 58 ′ 3.4 ″  E