Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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St. Patrick's Basilica , South Dunedin, is a handsome building in brick and concrete, and was erected at a cost of over £6,000. A further sum of about £2000 is needed to complete the building according to the original plan. St. Patrick's was opened in 1893 by Bishop Grimes, of Christchurch, during the illness of the late Bishop Moran. The interior of the church is beautifully decorated. Adjoining the church, and standing on three acres of ground, are the presbytery, school, convent, and a St. Vincent de Paul orphanage, the whole having cost £20,000. At the school there is an attendance of over 300 children, and the Sisters of Mercy teach the higher branches of education at the Convent of Our Lady of Mercy. There are about seventy girls at the Orphanage, and boys are transferred to the institution at Stoke, near Nelson.