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Cathedral Clergy & Religious

Fr Bernard Neville Perera

Fr Bernard Neville Perera

Cathedral Administrator

Fr Bernard is a Sri Lankan born priest and will take up the position of Administrator of St. Mary’s Cathedral Hobart early in 2024.

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Fr Steven Smith

Fr Steven Smith

Assistant Priest

Fr Steven hails from the Kingston-Channel area, south of Hobart. He is the son of Michael and Christine Smith. (Michael was ordained to the Permanent Diaconate at St Mary’s Cathedral, Hobart, in June 2018.)

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Sr Monica Shelverton

Sr Monica Shelverton

Pastoral Associate

Educated by the Presentation Sisters at St. Columba's School in Hobart, Sr Monica began her formation in 1956, making her final profession in 1965.

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Father Michael Beechinor | 1866
Father Daniel Beechinor | 1868
Father Michael Beechinor | 1880
Father Timothy Murphy O'Callaghan | 1883
Father Patrick Gleeson | 1887
Monsignor Martin Gilleran | 1890
Father Denis Murphy | 1919
Dean Vincent Green | 1933
Father Ambrose Benneworth | 1947
Father John Wallis | 1951
Father Donald Shaw | 1956
Monsignor Bernard Rogers | 1958

Father Geoffrey Jarrett | 1979
Father Terence Rush | 1988
Father Brian Nichols | 1998
Father W. A. Shammi N. Perera | 2015
Father Leonard Caldera | 2021
Father Bernard Neville Perera | 2024

Administrators of
St Mary's Cathedral

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