Kyabram, VIC - St Augustine's Catholic
Year Built: 1910
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Saint: Augustine
Address: 63 Church Street, Kyabram, Victoria, 3620
Architect: A.A. Fritsch
Traditional Owners: Yorta Yorta people
Last Updated: 16/08/2023
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History and Architecture:
The first Church was opened in 1889 however it was moved in 1903 to Church Street site.
The foundation stone was placed on Sunday 3 July 1910 by Monsignor Sylvester Barry, Vicar-General of the Sandhurst Diocese, in place of Bishop Reville, who was then in hospital overseas. Fr. Mulqueen, who had been parish priest ever since the Kyabram parish was created eight years earlier, welcomed Monsignor Barry. Fr. Malone.
The Architect of the current Church was A.A. Fristch.
The parish includes neighbouring towns of Tongala where St Patrick’s Church was built in 1909 and Merrigum, site of St Sebastian’s church which opened in 1903.
Clergy:
These names are now in the Database and can be searched individually.
| Years | Name | Annotation | D.o.B | D.o.D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886 - 1891 | Father Joseph A. Coleman | PP | ||
| 1886 - 1891 | Father Joseph Aloysius Knowles | 1930 | ||
| 1886 - 1899 | Father Thomas Alphonsus Meredith | 1938 | ||
| 1887 - 1889 | Father Laurence Funchion | 1930 | ||
| 1887 - 1889 | Father Vincent Landy | |||
| 1888 - | Father Henry Allen | 1898 | ||
| 1891 - 1925 | Father William Byrne | |||
| 1892 - 1898 | Father James Murray | |||
| 1903 - 1908 | Father John Stokes | 1945 | ||
| 1903 - 1910 | Father Thomas Mulqueen | PP | 1910 | |
| 1908 - 1911 | Father Edward Malone | PP 1911 | 1911 | |
| 1911 - 1923 | Father John Stokes | PP | 1945 | |
| 1911 - 1912 | Father Thomas Hoyne | 1966 | ||
| 1911 - 1923 | Father Patrick Luke Maddock | |||
| 1923 - 1927 | Father Vincent Michael Foley | 1951 | ||
| 1923 - 1930 | Father Kieran Laurence Griffin | PP | ||
| 1924 - 1930 | Father Finbar O'Hea | 1933 | ||
| 1926 - 1927 | Father John Stanislaus Roche | 1973 | ||
| 1927 - 1930 | Father Gabriel Lyons | |||
| 1931 - 1936 | Father Patrick Luke Maddock | PP | 1965 | |
| 1936 - 1937 | Father Patrick Augustine Doyle | |||
| 1937 - 1942 | Father James Augustine Grace | PP | 1992 | |
| 1937 - 1941 | Father Thomas James Downey | 1957 | ||
| 1940 - 1945 | Father Declan William Treacy | 1995 | ||
| 1943 - | Father James Ignatius Kelly | |||
| 1944 - 1951 | Father Joseph Phelan | PP 44 - 48 | 1973 | |
| 1945 - 1955 | Father Patrick Augustine Stokes | PP 54 - 55 | ||
| 1948 - 1952 | Father Finian Patrick Twomey | 1998 | ||
| 1952 - 1955 | Father Sean Kevin Anderson | |||
| 1956 - 1960 | Father John Laurence Meagher | PP | 1982 | |
| 1958 - 1965 | Father Phillip Patrick Kehoe | 2003 | ||
| 1960 - 1967 | Father James Brendan Kavanagh | PP | ||
| 1963 - | Father John Senan Doran | |||
| 1965 - 1970 | Father William Bernard Connolly | 2006 | ||
| 1967 - 1970 | Father Thomas Leonard Woods | PP | 1991 | |
| 1971 - 1975 | Father William Joseph Wallace | PP | ||
| 1971 - 1978 | Father Maurice Albert O'Connor | PP 75 - 78 | ||
| 1973 - 1974 | Father John Berchmans Power | |||
| 1975 - | Father Daniel Gregory O'Leary | |||
| 1975 - | Father Patrick Finian Duggan | |||
| 1976 - | Father John Anthony McGlone | |||
| 1977 - 1981 | Father John Cathage Clarkson | 79 - 81 | ||
| 1978 - 1984 | Father Brian Patrick Buckley | PP 81 - 83 | ||
| 1979 - 1981 | Father Patrick G. Love | |||
| 1982 - | Father Joseph Coleman Walsh | |||
| 1981 - 1982 | Father Peter Desmond Rohan | |||
| 1983 - 1987 | Father James Edward Bolton | |||
| 1984 - 1986 | Father Denis Kevin Kieran O'Shea | |||
| 1985 - 1987 | Father John Louis Sullivan | PP 87 | ||
| 1987 - 1999 | Father Paul Donal Dempsey | PP 88 - 89 | ||
| 1987 - 1990 | Father David John Murrin | |||
| 1988 - 1989 | Father Peter Alan Jones | |||
| 1999 - 2000 | Father John Augustine O'Sullivan | |||
| 1999 - 2006 | Father David Martin Austin | PP | ||
| 2003 - 2004 | Father Patrick Stephen Bourke | |||
| 2010 - | Father Michael Morley | |||
| 2022 - | Father John Paul Pasala |
Organ:
No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.
Source:
1. Kyabram Catholic Heritage 282.9454 K98S
2. Deceased Clergy in Australia, 1788-2023