Thank you Ian and Howard for your enlightening information about the Sydney parishes. Much appreciated. Wendy > Sydney's civil parishes (used for various purposes including BDM > records) and the various ecclesiastical parishes are not the same. > > The Parish of St James, County of Cumberland includes St Mary's > Cathedral and the predecessor Catholic Church (burnt down). > > For the sake of completion, the four inner city parishes are St James, > St Philip, St Andrew and St Laurence. Three of them happen to be named > after the Church of England churches in their district, the exception > being St Laurence: the C of E church in that area is Christ Church. > See: > http://www.ccsl.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=179 > > So, if you have a baptism etc in the Catholic Church in the Parish of > St James you are looking at St Mary's Chapel/Church/Cathedral > http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_02_2.cfm?itemid=5055071 > Photos at: http://www.sydneyarchitecture.com/cbd/cbd2-002.htm > > If you have a Catholic rite in the Parish of St Philip, you are > probably looking at St Patrick's, Church Hill > http://www.shfa.nsw.gov.au/sydney-About_us-Our_heritage_role-Heritage_and_Conservation_Register.htm&objectid=4500091 > Photos at: http://www.sydneyarchitecture.com/ROC/ROC016.htm > > and so on. > >