St Patrick's Cathedral, Roman Catholic Cathedral in Auckland, New Zealand

St Patrick's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in central Auckland featuring white stone walls and Gothic elements such as pointed arches and ribbed vaults. Inside, several chapels create distinct prayer spaces and sections throughout the building.

The site was granted to Bishop Jean-Baptiste Pompallier on 1 June 1841. A wooden chapel opened in 1843, replaced by a stone church designed by Walter Robinson in 1848, which became the cathedral when Auckland was made a diocese that year. Thomas Mahoney's 1907 expansion added a longer nave, sanctuary, sacristies and side chapels; the rebuilt cathedral opened on 23 February 1908.

The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Auckland and mother church of the diocese, and its name honours Saint Patrick and Saint Joseph. A silk tapestry has hung on the west wall of the north transept since 1989. Bishops George Michael Lenihan (1858–1910) and John Mackey (1918–2014) are buried inside.

You can enter the building daily and attend regular services or special celebrations throughout the liturgical year. Guided tours are available at certain times to learn more about the architecture and interior spaces.

A grapevine outside the cathedral is believed to descend from a vine Bishop Pompallier brought to New Zealand. Inside, a silk tapestry has hung on the west wall of the north transept since 1989. The spire appears as the climactic location in Vincent Ward's 1988 film The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey.