Chiltern, VIC - St Mary's Catholic
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Saint: Mary
Address: 144 North Road, Chiltern, Victoria, 3683
Architect: Unknown
Traditional Owners: Yorta Yorta people
Last Updated: 03/01/2023
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History and Architecture:
A Church was opened in March 1872 with dimentions of 60 x 25 feet excluding the outer and inner sanctuary. It cost £1,200. The current Church building appears to have been built in 1966.
Smith and Tracey of Melbourne were the architects of the current Church and N. & M. O'Neil of Wodonga the building contractor. The church cost $54,000 and by the time it was opened the entire cost of the interior furnishings had been met. Chiltern's third Catholic church, the second on this 'eminence overlooking the town' with the bush beyond it, is quiet, beautiful and completely in accord with the practice of post Vatican II liturgy.
Clergy:
These names are now in the Database and can be searched individually.
| Years | Name | Annotation | D.o.B | D.o.D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1865 - 1867 | Father T. O'Callaghan | |||
| 1876 - 1888 | Father C. M.G. van der Heyden | 1903 | ||
| 1888 - 1892 | Father John P. Carolan | 1909 | ||
| 1889 - | Father Denis McCarthy | Asst | 1889 | |
| 1889 - 1890 | Father Bartholomew Murphy | Asst | 1930 | |
| 1890 - 1896 | Father James Francis Gaffey | Asst | 1923 | |
| 1892 - 1895 | Father Richard J. Carr | 1895 | ||
| 1895 - 1905 | Father Michael O'Connor | 1906 | ||
| 1896 - 1898 | Father Thomas Barry | Asst | 1898 | |
| 1898 - 1900 | Father James Ryan | Asst | 1949 | |
| 1898 - 1901 | Father Edward Delaney | Asst | 1905 | |
| 1901 - 1903 | Father Patrick Joseph Griffin | Asst | 1934 | |
| 1903 - 1905 | Father Denis Hogan | Asst | 1937 | |
| 1905 - 1906 | Father Peter Ellis | Asst | 1954 | |
| 1906 - 1910 | Father Peter Mulcreevy | Asst | ||
| 1910 - 1914 | Father James Lawless | Asst | 1958 | |
| 1910 - 1914 | Father Michael Smith | 1914 | ||
| 1914 - 1915 | Father Simeon Doyle | Asst | 1919 | |
| 1914 - 1917 | Father James Cremin | 1961 | ||
| 1915 - 1916 | Father Frederick Charles O'Connor | Asst | 1941 | |
| 1916 - 1921 | Father Hugh Ryan | Asst | ||
| 1917 - 1918 | Father Patrick Joseph Griggin | 1934 | ||
| 1918 - 1923 | Dean James Gaffey | 1923 | ||
| 1921 - 1926 | Father James O'Sullivan | Asst | 1930 | |
| 1923 - 1925 | Father John Francis Egan | Asst | 1973 | |
| 1924 - 1958 | Father James Lawless | From Rutherglen | 1958 | |
| 1926 - 1928 | Father Joseph Thomas Ryan | Asst | 1958 | |
| 1928 - 1931 | Father Martin Heffernan | Asst | 1939 | |
| 1931 - 1932 | Father John Francis Egan | Asst | 1973 | |
| 1932 - 1935 | Father Patrick Joseph Dullard | Asst | 1968 | |
| 1934 - | Father G. M. Crennan | Asst | ||
| 1935 - 1936 | Father Matthew Dunne | Asst | 1947 | |
| 1936 - 1938 | Father Patrick O'Connor | Asst | 1967 | |
| 1938 - 1939 | Father James Lehane | Asst | 1964 | |
| 1939 - 1941 | Father Michael Grady | Asst | ||
| 1941 - 1942 | Father Daniel Meagher | Asst | 1966 | |
| 1943 - 1946 | Father Basil Thomas | Asst | ||
| 1946 - 1947 | Father George Shanahan | Asst | 1972 | |
| 1947 - 1951 | Father John Forster | Asst | ||
| 1951 - | Father Robert Smith | Asst | ||
| 1951 - 1957 | Father John Wood | Asst | 1960 | |
| 1958 - 1959 | Father John Gallacher | Asst | ||
| 1959 - 1961 | Father Patrick O'Sullivan | From Rutherglen | 1967 | |
| 1959 - 1961 | Father John Forster | Asst | ||
| 1961 - 1974 | Father John Kiniry | |||
| 1974 - | Father Eric Loorham | |||
| 1974 - | Father John Ware | |||
| 2019 - | Father Brian Carey |
Organ:
No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.
Source:
1. The Parish that wouldn't Die. Kathleen Dunlop Kane. SLT 282.9455 K13P