Molong, NSW - Uniting
Year Built: 1955
Denomination: Uniting
Address: 57 Edward Street, Molong, New South Wales, 2866
Previous Denomination: Methodist
Architect: Unknown
Last Updated: 26/12/2023
History and Architecture:
Molong was first opened up from Bathurst as a preach ing place about 1 849. In that year the Rev. Benjamin Chapman jeported that “the mines at Molong and Bathurst had been supplied with ministerial labour once a month. The stone church was built in 1858, at a cost of £743. The transept and vestry were added subsequently.
A Foundation stone reads, "To the Glory of God this stone was set by W.R. Glasson FRCSA October 8 1955".
Clergy:
These names are now in the database and can be searched individually
Years | Name | Annotation | D.o.B | D.o.D |
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1875 - 1876 | Rev W. Wools Rutledge | M | ||
1877 - | Rev E. Youngman | M | ||
1881 - 1883 | Rev T. Moore | M | ||
1884 - 1886 | Rev H. Allen | M | ||
1887 - 1888 | Rev J. Robson | M | ||
1889 - 1889 | Rev C. J. Duffill | M | ||
1890 - 1892 | Rev W. A. Roberts | M | ||
1893 - 1895 | Rev D. A. Gilsenan | M | ||
1896 - 1898 | Rev W. C. Hughes | M | ||
1899 - 1901 | Rev J. Ward Harrison | M | ||
1902 - 1904 | Rev A. Stephen | M | ||
1905 - 1908 | Rev R. J. Thomas | M | ||
1909 - 1911 | Rev George Read | M | ||
1912 - 1914 | Rev E. Godbehear | M | ||
1915 - 1917 | Rev J. Thomas | M | ||
1918 - 1920 | Rev S. Gilby | M | ||
1921 - 1924 | Rev E. Foster | M | ||
1925 - 1927 | Rev J. E.A. Chapman | M | ||
1928 - 1930 | Rev H. Skuse | M | ||
1931 - | Rev George Gray | M | ||
2022 - | Rev Ross Godfrey | Locum |
Organ:
No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.
Source:
1. After one hundred years: the centenary of Methodism in Bathurst and the West of N.S.W. 1832-1932. From Illuminate.