St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide

St Peter's Cathedral
Cathedral Church of St Peter
34°54′46″S 138°35′53″E / 34.91278°S 138.59806°E / -34.91278; 138.59806
Location	North Adelaide, South Australia
Country	Australia
Denomination	Anglican Church of Australia
Website	stpeters-cathedral.org.au
History
Status	Cathedral
Founded	29 June 1869 (1869-06-29)
Founder(s)	Bishop Augustus Short
Dedication	St Peter the Apostle
Consecrated	1 January 1878 (1878-01-01)
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	William Butterfield Edward John Woods
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Completed	1904
Specifications
Length	62 metres (203 ft)
Nave width	18 metres (59 ft)
Height	51 metres (168 ft)
Bells	8 (1947)
Tenor bell weight	2.1 tonnes (41 long cwt)
Administration
Province	South Australia
Diocese	Adelaide
Clergy
Archbishop	Geoffrey Smith
Auxiliary Bishop(s)	Tim Harris Denise Ferguson Chris McLeod
Dean	Chris McLeod
Precentor	Jenny Wilson
Assistant priest(s)	Peter Jin Lynn Arnold
South Australian Heritage Register
Official name	St Peter's Anglican Cathedral
Type	State heritage (built)
Designated	11 September 1986
Reference no.	13612

St Peter's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Adelaide and Metropolitan of the Province of South Australia.^[1]: 48 The cathedral, a significant Adelaide landmark, is situated on approximately 1 acre (0.40 ha) of land at the corner of Pennington Terrace and King William Road in the suburb of North Adelaide.

The south front has similar features to the Cathedral of Notre Dame and the Church of St Jean-Baptiste de Belleville in Paris, including an ornate rose window above the main entrance which depicts stories of South Australia and the Bible.