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St Christopher's Cathedral
Franklin St, Forrest ACT 2603, Australia Phone: Not AvailableAbout
St Christopher's became the cathedral church of the Archdiocese in relatively recent times. In 1973, on the silver jubilee of the Archdiocese, Archbishop Thomas Cahill consecrated the extended St Christopher's Church building as the Cathedral Church of the Archdiocese. It thus superseded Sts Peter and Paul's Cathedral, Goulburn, for this purpose.
It is unlikely that any other church in Australia will lay claim to the distinction of having four prime ministers as parishioners, as St Christopher's can claim. They were James Scullin, Joseph Lyons, Frank Forde and Ben Chifley, the last of whom had his own chair discretely placed at the back of the church, so that it became known as "Chif's Chair".
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