Cooma, NSW - St Paul's Anglican

Year Built: 1872

Denomination: Anglican

Saint: Paul

Address: 136 Commissioner Street, Cooma, New South Wales, 2630

Architect: Unknown

Last Updated: 12/04/2022

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History and Architecture:

The Church was completed in 1872, the nave being consecrated by Bishop Thomas, the first Bishop of Goulburn, during the incumbency of the Ven. Archdeacon Druitt. Until 1891 the nave had no tower, - but on October 21st in that year, the last stone of the spire was laid by Mr. C. F. Welch, then Mayor of Cooma. Completion took place in 1892. The contractor was Mr. D. Montgomery, the architect Mr. Kent, and the clerk of works, Mr. G. D. Cochran.

A brass plate reads, " This stone was laid by David Ryrie April 21st AD 1891".

 

Clergy:

This list may not contain every serving cleric, past or present, for this church.
Further submissions welcomed.

Years Name Annotation D.o.B D.o.D
1872 - 1874 Rev James Patterson 1833 1910
1885 - 1886 Rev John Herman Leopold Zillman Locum 1841 1919
1888 - 1890 Rev Augustus Rutherford Shaw Curate 1860 1936
1893 - Rev James Daziel Nicolson Lay Reader 1930
1894 - 1896 Rev George Jennings Curate 1842 1913
1894 - 1899 Rev Randolph John Ross Edwards 1853 1933
1900 - Rev Herbert Edward Thomson Rural Dean 1839 1902
1902 - 1904 Rev Wentworth Francis Wentworth Shields 1867 1944
1902 - 1906 Rev Herbert John Gedney Curate 1866 1935
1904 - Rev Robert Montague Turnball Locum 1861 1928
1906 - Rev Rouse Upjohn Lay Reader 1881 1949
1906 - 1913 Rev Charles Ernest Burgess 1865 1958
1909 - Rev Henry Filders Hawkins Reader 1887 1960
1912 - Rev Stanley Johnson West Curate 1884 1954
1913 - 1921 Rev John William Ward 1873 1938
1914 - Rev Samuel North Curate 1871 1963
1916 - 1918 Rev Gilbert Llewellyn Williams 1886 1954
1917 - 1918 Rev Lindsay George Herbert Watson Curate 1886 1965
1919 - 1922 Rev Herbert Stanley Brown 1888 1975
1920 - 1922 Rev Edgar Ward Thomas Locum 1866 1939
1921 - 1930 Rev Gordon Hamilton Hirst 1885 1939
1929 - 1930 Rev George Bathurst Thompson Locum 1879 1960
1930 - 1947 Rev Howard Castleton Russell 1885 1973
1947 - 1948 Rev Kenneth Leslie McKeown 1890 1948
1952 - 1959 Rev Guy Edward Julien 1912 1983
1959 - 1961 Rev Charles Henry Star Rural Dean 1915 1968
2022 - Rev Wendy Bloomfield Locum

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

1. Cable Clerical Index with permission.
2. Monaro Pioneers web site.