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St Patrick's Cathedral
1431 Sturt St, Newington VIC 3350, Australia Phone: 61 3 5331 1688 http://www.ballarat.catholic.org.au/About
Catholic Services were conducted in Ballarat from 1851 onwards, the parish of Ballarat was not instituted until 1852. The first Parish Priest was Father Matthew Downing, who in 1853, selected the two acre site for the church, which was granted under a Crown Grant in 1855.
