Kyneton, VIC - Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic

Year Built: 1858

Denomination: Roman Catholic

Address: 53 Ebden Street, Kyneton, Victoria, 3444

Architect: Charles Hansom

Traditional Owners: Taungurung people

Last Updated: 10/06/2023

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History and Architecture:

The Foundation stone was laid on 20 September 1857 by the Most Reverend James Alypius Goold Bishop of Melbourne. The church is construction of blue stone. The Architect was Charles Hansom and the builder was Andrew Strombucco. The tender price was 2,500.00. Richard Jones quarried the local stone.

William Wardell supervised the completion of the building. A marble alter was installed in 1923 and Gothic altar rails in 1926 in memory of Dean Hegarty. The original windows were installed prior to 1869 and were of English Cathedral glass however only one remains today behind the choir loft.

Originally surrounded by a white picket fence that was replaced by a hedge which was later replaced by the blue stone wall of today.

The first service was held in 1852 in the Criterion Hotel a timber building at the time that had a stone addition added at the time it was re names the Wedgwood.

Clergy:

These names are now in the Database and can be searched individually.

Years Name Annotation D.o.B D.o.D
1852 - 1856 Father Stack
1856 - 1895 Father Horatio Geoghegan 1895
1868 - 1868 Father P. N. Moore Curate
1868 - 1871 Father J. H. O'Connell Curate
1871 - 1872 Father Thomas O'Donnell Curate
1872 - 1875 Father P. McCarthy Curate
1875 - 1877 Father D. Nelan Curate
1877 - 1878 Father D. O'Reilly
1878 - 1882 Father P. Walshe Curate
1880 - 1885 Father D. B. Nelan Curate
1883 - 1885 Father P. Quigley Curate
1885 - 1886 Father P. Moran Curate
1885 - 1886 Father A. E. Hennessey Curate
1886 - 1888 Father M. Quinn Curate
1887 - 1887 Father M. McKernan Curate
1888 - 1890 Father J. Carrol Curate
1895 - 1920 Father D.. James Hegarty 1925
1905 - 1907 Father Timothy O'Sullivan Curate
1920 - 1937 Monsignor Martin
1937 - Father Timothy O'Sullivan Curate
1963 - 1968 Monsignor Maguire
1888 - 1889 Father W. Hartnett Curate
1888 - 1891 Father M. O'Callaghan Curate
1889 - 1891 Father J. Daly Curate
1890 - 1892 Father M. Ryan Curate
1891 - 1895 Father J. O'Brien Curate
1892 - 1895 Father J. McCarter Curate
1895 - 1896 Father M. P. Carroll Curate
1895 - 1895 Father G. A. Robinson Curate
1896 - 1896 Father M. Brady Curate
1896 - 1901 Father E. J. Keating Curate
1969 - 1975 Father Dean M. O'Sullivan
1975 - 1978 Father Alex Dunlop 2006
1978 - 1986 Father B. McCormick
1986 - 1994 Father J. P. Hynan
1994 - 1999 Father P. Waters
2000 - Father G. Johnson
2020 - Father Joseph Ruys

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

1. St Mary's Mission Kyneton 150th Anniversay 1852 - 2002 V.I. Ramsdale