Basilicas in Pacific Region

I blogged about the following basilicas on June 19, 2019:

St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica in Sydney, Australia.
St. Patrick’s Cathedral Basilica in Melbourne, Australia.

Cathedral Basilica of the Sweet Name of Mary, Agana, Guam

Declared a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1985.

The Cathedral Basilica serves as the Cathedral for the Archdiocese of Agana. It is on the site of the first Catholic church on the island, which was built in 1669. A previous cathedral was destroyed during the Second World War. The current Cathedral Basilica opened in 1959.

Pictures are from Wikipedia and Weebly.

St. Patrick’s Basilica, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Declared a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1994.

St. Patrick’s parish was established in 1850 and is the third oldest parish in Western Australia. The parish was entrusted to the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in 1894 and they built most of the current Gothic Revival church between 1898 and 1900. The sanctuary was added in 1960. It has the largest parish church pipe organ in Australia.

Pictures are from Flickr, Pinterest, and Destimap.

Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua, Nuku’alofa, Tongatapu, Tonga

Declared a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1994.

The Basilica was built by volunteers between 1977 and 1980.

From Pinterest and TripAdvisor

Our Lady of Victories Basilica, Camberwell, Victoria, Australia

Declared a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1996.

The Romanesque Basilica was built between 1913 and 1918. It is built with Barrabool stone and has a copper clad dome. A 12-foot wooden statue of the Virgin Mary tops the dome and is clad in copper gilt. The 43 stained glass windows were made in England.

Pictures are from Flickr, the parish website, and Wikipedia.

St. Mary of the Angels Basilica, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Declared a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 2004.

Construction of the Gothic Revival basilica began in 1854 and it was sufficiently completed to be consecrated in 1872. It was not completed until 1937 and is constructed with Barrabool sandstone and bluestone. The 150-foot spire is one of the tallest in Australia and is topped with an 8-foot cross.