St Paul's Cathedral is an Australian

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located in , Victoria. The cathedral is the

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of the Diocese of Gippsland and is the

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of the Bishop of Gippsland, currently Richard Treloar.

Design

The cathedral building, built in 1884 to a design by Nathaniel Billing, is a double storey building with a rectangular footprint and is constructed of red brick and slate roofing. The cathedral's interior is decorated in a

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style expressing a

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liturgy. The walls are of white rendered plaster with

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roof buttressing. Above the

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is the "great western

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" depicting the

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and several other windows include

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of the Macedonian and the diocese's

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line the

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. Within the nave are a

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, a

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and an honour roll.

Deans of Sale

The cathedral is the mother church of a

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. The

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is the chief resident cleric of a cathedral or other

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and the head of the chapter of canons. The dean is usually also rector or

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of the parish. This is a list of the deans of Sale. * Joseph Donald Sansom 1943-1949 (installed as dean in 1949, previously a canon) * Clarence Barton Alexander 1950-1973 * Ray. E. Elliot 1974-1977 * Edward (Ted) G. Gibson 1978-1985 * Allan T. Huggins 1985-1989 * Arthur L. V. Jones 1989-1994 * Graeme L. MacRobb 1995-1999 * K. Neil Hicks 1999-2001 * Brian A. Turner 2002-2010 * Donald G. Saines 2010-2013 * Steven P. Clarke 2013-2015 * Susanna Leigh Pain 2016-2021 * Keren Terpstra 2022-

References

External links

Official websiteDiocese of Gippsland website
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