Port Pirie, SA - Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Paul Anglican

Year Built: 1898 - 1899

Denomination: Anglican

Address: 33 Florence Street, Port Pirie, South Australia, 5540

Architect: William K Mallyon

Traditional Owners: Incl Nukunu people

Last Updated: 04/01/2025

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History and Architecture:

The first St Paul's was built in 1876 of timber and measured 7.6 x 10.7m. Extensions to this building were made in 1878 to include chancel, vestry, organ recess, porch and belfry. A new church was designed, built and dedicated in 1898. W. K. Mallyon, the architect (and also manager of the National Bank at Port Pirie) was responsible for the design of more than 30 churches in South Australia. The foundation stone was laid on 17 August 1899 by the Bishop of Adelaide, J. R. Harmer.

The building was never completed, although features some elaborate details, heavy hammer beams, and unusual narthex porch which was to have been the vestry. The building contains four Mallyon memorials-lectern, standard lights, processional and pulpit. Mallyon's designs were practical, adapted to the availability of building materials and local needs.

A Foundation stone reads, " A.M.D.G. 17 August 1899". Further Foundation stones in the entrance to the Hall read, " A.M.D.G. This stone was laid by Richard Bishop of Willochra April 21st 1926". Another reads, " To the Glory of God This stone was laid by David 5th Bishop of Willochra on the eve of Pentecost 25th May 1996".

A wall plaque reads, " This Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul was proclaimed The Cathedral Church for the Diocese of Willochra on the Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul 29 June 1999 by David, Fifth Bishop of Willochra in the Centenary year of its Consecration".

Clergy:

This list may not contain every serving cleric, past or present, for this church.
Further submissions welcomed.

Years	Name	Annotation	D.o.B	D.o.D
1877 - 1880	Rev Frederick Taylor Whitington	Deacon 77 - 79	1853	1938
1888 - 1891	Rev George Edward Young		1852	1937
1899 - 1901	Rev Arthur George King		1862	1941
1901 - 1903	Rev Frank Sewell	Curate	1873	1917
1901 - 1906	Rev Frederick William Samwell		1861	1925
1903 - 1904	Rev Leonard Thomas Maund	locum tenens	1876	1951
1904 - 1905	Rev Arthur William Burch Everitt	Curate	1871	1935
1905 - 1906	Rev Edward Claude William Limbert	Curate	1877	1935
1910 - 1911	Rev William Archibald Moore	Curate	1875	1946
1911 - 1912	Rev Frederick Wilkinson		1865	1938
1911 - 1913	Rev John William Stringer	Curate	1876	1949
1912 - 1914	Rev Harold Aubrey Williams	Curate	1890	1951
1913 - 1919	Rev Hew Fergusson Severn		1877	1966
1914 - 1916	Rev George Thomas Shetcliffe	Curate 14 Asst 15-16	1889	1956
1919 - 1921	Rev Samuel Raymond Baron Cornish	Asst with Solomontown	1884	1963
1919 - 1921	Rev John Stoward Moyes		1884	1972
1921 - 1922	Rev Herbert Davidson	Curate	1888	1950
1922 - 1925	Rev Frederick Elmore Watts		1887	1969
1924 - 1924	Rev John William Stringer	locum tenens	1876	1949
1924 - 1924	Rev Felix George Carpenter	Curate	1884	1952
1924 - 1927	Rev Leslie Wallace Bull	Curate 24 - 26	1899	1998
1926 - 1934	Rev James Hardingham		1890	1962
1930 - 1930	Rev Arthur Henry Lawford	Asst	1876	1956
1932 -	Rev Douglas John Scurry Jones	locum tenens	1877	1961
1934 -	Rev Robert Melville Dunn	locum tenens	1875	1957
1935 - 1956	Rev George Wilfred Scholfield		1886	1969
1937 - 1941	Rev Ronald Frank Steele	Deacon Bush Brotherhood	1911	1985
1959 - 1967	Rev Ernest Robinson		1890	1977
1960 -	Rev Leslie Samuel Davie	Honorary Deacon	1895	1968
1968 - 1976	Rev John Ernest Meakin		1913	2004
1977 -	Rev Vernon Francis Meyer	locum tenens	1906	1993

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

1. Cable Clerical Index with permission.
2. Heritage-surveys/2-Port-Pirie-Heritage-Study-Part-2-1990