Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo
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| Basic information | |
| Location | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Geographic coordinates | 36°45′36″S 144°16′26″E / 36.760°S 144.274°ECoordinates: 36°45′36″S 144°16′26″E / 36.760°S 144.274°E |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| District | Diocese of Sandhurst |
| Year consecrated | 1901 |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Cathedral |
| Website | sacredheartcathedral.org.au |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | William Tappin |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1897 |
| Completed | 1977 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 75.68 metres (248.3 ft) |
| Width | 43.47 metres (142.6 ft) |
| Height (max) | 86.64 metres (284.3 ft) |
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst and seat of the Bishop of Sandhurst. The cathedral is located in the provincial city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
Sacred Heart Cathedral is one of Australia's largest churches and the second tallest after St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne. It is an exceptionally large church for a provincial city cathedral in Australia and its construction was made possible chiefly through the estate of Henry Backhaus (1811-1882), a German from Paderborn and the first Catholic priest on the Bendigo goldfields. Backhaus was very skilled in financial matters and accumulated considerable property - not least through encouraging his gold-mining parishioners to contribute some of their findings to the work of the church. Backhaus left his wealth for the benefit of the church and enabled the cathedral, among other things, to be built.
In 1895 Martin Crane, an Augustinian and the first bishop of the diocese, called for competitive designs for a cathedral from several architects. The winning architect was William Tappin of the firm Reed, Barnes and Tappin, a firm established by Joseph Reed, one of Melbourne's most significant architects. It was built in the Gothic Revival style from sandstone quarried from the Geelong area.
The large pipe organ, built by Bishop & Son of London, was installed late in 1905.
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