| Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral | |
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  Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral
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| 37°47′47″S 144°56′39″E / 37.79639°S 144.94424°E / -37.79639; 144.94424 | |
| Location | Melbourne |
| Country | Australia |
| Denomination | Catholic church ( Ukrainian or Byzantine rite) |
The Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral [1] also called Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral Is a religious building of the Catholic ChurchofByzantine or Ukrainian rite that is located in the North Melbourne suburb of central Melbourne, the capital city of the state of VictoriainAustralia. It should not be confused with the Latin or Roman rite cathedral of Melbourne dedicated to Saint Patrick or with the Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral dedicated to St. Alfonsa.
The building is the seat of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Eparchia Sanctorum Petri and Pauli Melburnensis Ucrainorum) which began as an apostolic exarch in 1958 with the bull "Singularem huius"ofPope Pius XII and was raised to its current status in 1982[2] through the bull "Christum Iesum"ofPope John Paul II.
It is under the pastoral responsibility of Bishop Peter Stasiuk.[3]
Catholicism
Australia
