Hay, NSW - St Fergal's Catholic
Year Built: 1981
Saint: Fergal
Address: 427 Orson Street, Hay, New South Wales, 2711
Architect: Unknown
Traditional Owners: Nari Nari, Wiradjuri and Yitha Yitha people
Last Updated: 06/01/2025
History and Architecture:
A wall plaque reads, " St Fergal's Church blessed and opened by The Most Rev D.J. Warren D.D. 1 March 1981".
Clergy:
(Compiled from the Hay Catholic Church Baptism Register. Several names have been omitted from the complete list of priests recorded. The majority of those omitted were visiting and supply priests who were in Hay for a few days or weeks, others were chaplains to the POW camp during WWII)
Years | Name | Annotation | D.o.B | D.o.D |
---|---|---|---|---|
1884 - 1886 | Father M. Vaughan | |||
1885 - 1894 | Father M. J. Treacy | 1938 | ||
1886 - 1891 | Father R. Kiely | 1906 | ||
1887 - 1887 | Father W. Connolly | |||
1888 - 1896 | Father L. King | |||
1888 - 1892 | Father E. Kearney | |||
1890 - 1890 | Father E. Morrisey | |||
1891 - 1892 | Father H. Fitzgerald | |||
1893 - 1897 | Father P. Corbett | 1909 | ||
1896 - 1909 | Father T. O'Connell | 1936 | ||
1897 - 1899 | Father T. Hayden | 1945 | ||
1899 - 1900 | Father H. McGuinness | |||
1901 - 1902 | Father Peter Connelly | |||
1902 - 1905 | Father J. Moran | |||
1902 - 1907 | Father C. J. Griffin | 19928 | ||
1909 - 1913 | Father P. Shore | 1918 | ||
1913 - 1915 | Father J. Carroll | 1908 | ||
1915 - 1916 | Father P. Zundolovich | 1935 | ||
1916 - 1918 | Father P. Shore | 1918 | ||
1918 - 1952 | Father J. Carroll | 1908 | ||
1921 - 1925 | Father B. Timmins | 1959 | ||
1938 - 1938 | Father G. Solomon | |||
1940 - 1941 | Father L. McGrath | |||
1941 - 1946 | Father T. Stokes | 1933 | ||
1952 - 1952 | Father F. Harper | |||
1952 - 1953 | Father F. Dunne | |||
1953 - 1954 | Father E. Glancy | |||
1954 - 1959 | Father T. Stokes | |||
1959 - 1959 | Father N. Maxwell | |||
1959 - 1966 | Father J. Kelly | |||
1967 - 1969 | Father D. Kavanagh | |||
1969 - 1970 | Father W. Brennan | |||
1970 - 1973 | Father K. Colmer | |||
1973 - 1980 | Father J. Hynes | |||
1980 - 1989 | Father A. Curry | |||
1989 - 1993 | Father B. Dwyer | |||
1993 - 1998 | Father J. Tinkler | |||
1998 - 1998 | Father D. Gunn | |||
1998 - | Father P. Clark | |||
2024 - | Father Paul Newton | Administrator |
Organ:
No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.
Contributions:
1. 2025 Hay Historical Society for list of clergy.
Source:
1. Deceased Clergy in Australia, 1788-present.