St. Maron's Cathedral, Sydney facts for kids

Quick facts for kids St. Maron's Cathedral
St Maroun’s Cathedral
St. Maron's Cathedral, Sydney in 2012
Location	627 Elizabeth Street, Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales
Country	Australia
Denomination	Eastern Catholic Church
Tradition	Maronite rite (Antiochian)
Website
History
Status	Church (1897 – 1973) Cathedral (since 1973)
Founded	c. 1896 (as a church) October 1973 (1973-10) (as a cathedral)
Founder(s)	Frs Yazbeck and Dahdah (c. 1896) Archbishop Abdo Khalife (1973)
Dedication	Saint Maron
Dedicated	10 January 1897 (1897-01-10)
Relics held	Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
Architecture
Functional status	Complete
Architectural type	Church
Administration
Parish	St Maroun's Cathedral
Archdiocese	Sydney (Roman Catholic)
Diocese	Sydney Eparchy (since 1973)

The St. Maron's Cathedral, also called St Maroun’s Cathedral, is a Maronite rite Eastern Catholic Church cathedral church, located in Redfern, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

It is the main temple of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney (Eparchia Sancti Maronis Sydneyensis Maronitarum) which was created by Pope Paul VI in 1973 through the papal bull, Illo fretis Concilii. The administration of the Eparchy is overseen by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney.

The cathedral is the seat of Epoch Antoine-Charbel Tarabay, OLM and religious services are delivered in English and Arabic.

See also

In Spanish: Catedral de San Marón (Sídney) para niños

• Catholicism in Australia
• St. Maron