New Papuan Cathedral To Be Opened In October
Under the supervision of Mr.
Robert Jones, layman-builder of the New Guinea Mission, Papuan natives have been working tirelessly for four years to build a Cathedral near the Mission’s headquarters at Dogura. Now practically com pleted, the edifice will be consecrated as the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul by the Archbishop of Brisbane, Rev. J. W. C. Wand, on October 29. The new building will seat 1,000 people. The foundation stone of the Cathe dral was laid in August, 1935, by Mrs. Tomlinson, wife of the late Canon Tomlinson.
