Coorporoo, QLD - Presbyterian
Year Built: 1951
Denomination: Presbyterian
Address: 37 Emlyn Street, Coorparoo, Queensland, 4151
Architect: Unknown
Traditional Owners: Turrbal people
Last Updated: 11/08/2024
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History and Architecture:
Presbyterian services in Coorparoo were held from 1926 in the Shire Hall under the care of the Kirk Session of St John's, Annerley, but within a few years a church was built and in 1931 Coorparoo became a separate charge.1 The present brick church was opened on 11 November 1951.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 - 1930 | Rev Donald MacLeod | 1896 | 1971 | |
| 1931 - 1950 | Rev Andrew Cuthbertson Kennedy | 1879 | 1973 | |
| 1933 - 1936 | Rev Horace White | With Bulimba | 1907 | 1989 |
| 1953 - 1960 | Rev Robert Harold Vickers | 1904 | 1984 | |
| 1960 - 1969 | Rev George Alexander Reid | 1902 | 1969 | |
| 1966 - 1967 | Rev George Francis Leighton | 1921 | 2016 | |
| 1970 - 1975 | Rev Ronald Clem Clark | 1934 | 2018 | |
| 1976 - 1979 | Rev Ernest Neil Paxton | |||
| 1981 - 1985 | Rev Peter William Gillies | 1928 | 2004 | |
| 2022 - | Rev Ryan Holmes |
Organ:
Built by Whitehouse Brothers of Brisbane in 1962. Additions added in 1988 by W.J. Simon Pierce of Brisbane. It has
2 manuals, 8 speaking stops and electro-pneumatic action. The pipework is entirely hidden behind a decorative grille at the front of the church.
A full description can bee seen here.
Source:
1. Organ Historical Trust of Australia with permission.
2. Biographical Register of Presbyterian Ministers in Australia 1901-1977 New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia with permission Rowland Ward and Malcolm Prentis.