Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane The Cathedral of St Stephen is the heritage-listed cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane and seat of its archbishop. The cathedral is located on a site bounded by Elizabeth, Charlotte and Edward Streets, in the Australian city of Brisbane, Queensland. Built between 1864 and 1922, with extensions made in 1989, the cathedral was established with James Quinn as its first bishop. Quinn planned to construct a large cathedral to accommodate a growing congregation. On 26 December 1863, the Feast of St Stephen, Quinn laid the foundation stone for a grand cathedral designed
CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent St-Laurent" and USCGC "Polar Sea" became the first North American surface vessels to reach the North Pole. In the summer of 2006, CBC TV's "" broadcast from "Louis S. St-Laurent" in a special series focused on climate change. The vessel was originally scheduled to be decommissioned in 2000 however a refit extended the decommissioning date to 2017. In the 26 February 2008 federal budget, the Government of Canada announced it was funding a $721 million "Polar Class Icebreaker" (named ) as a replacement vessel for "Louis S. St-Laurent". In 2014, with , "Louis S. St-Laurent" performed a cruise to the