Katanning, WA - Anglican

Denomination: Anglican

Address: 21 Aberdeen Street, Katanning, Western Australia, 6317

Architect: Unknown

Last Updated: 06/02/2025

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History and Architecture:

The Hon. F H Piesse laid the foundation stone for the church hall on 27th March 1911, on a site adjacent to the existing St Andrew's Church. The architect was E Summerhayes. The hall was used weekly for parish meetings, dances, fundraisers and various other activities.

The hall is primarily significant in terms of its relationship to St Andrew's Church, which is the oldest remaining church in Katanning. The functions and events, which occurred in the hall, contributed very much to the social and religious life of the people of Katanning, in particular the large Anglican community. The style of the hall is uncommon in Anglican architecture of the period and is commonly found in non-conformist religious architecture.

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
1892 - 1893	Rev James Orchard		1841	1908
1893 - 1894	Rev Thomas Phillips		1840	1921
1895 -	Rev John Ellis	locum tenens	1847	1909
1896 -	Rev Joseph Baldwin Chaplin		1867	1948
1898 - 1899	Rev James Abner Howes	Curate	1866	1934
1899 - 1904	Rev James Abner Howes		1866	1934
1912 -	Rev John Frewer	locum tenens	1883	1974
1913 - 1930	Rev William Burbidge		1871	1962
1945 - 1948	Rev Reginald Thomas Arrantash		1912	2004
1958 - 1960	Rev George Victor Johnson		1903	1974
1958 - 1962	Rev Wilfrid Elliott Henn		1903	1987
1976 -	Rev Wilfrid Elliott Henn	locum tenens	1903	1987
1976 - 1981	Rev John Edwin Williams		1921
1998 -	Rev John Cressett Thursby Pelham
2020 -	Rev Lindy Rookyard

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.