James Alipius Goold, born in Ireland, was the first archbishop of Melbourne. He began building St Patrick’s church in 1850 but decided not to proceed when gold was discovered in Melbourne as they would now need a bigger cathedral for the large population. He contacted William Wilkinson Wardell, an English architect, to design St Patrick’s cathedral. Archbishop Goold died six months before the cathedral was finished. Archbishop Thomas Joseph Carr was Goold’s successor and he continued with the building of St Patrick’s cathedral. It was completed in October 1817. Daniel Mannix was the next archbishop. He decided to change the original design of the cathedral and add spires with much greater height. The spires were completed in 1939 and Daniel