Queenscliff, VIC - Holy Trinity Catholic

Year Built: 1851

Denomination: Roman Catholic

Address: 34 Stevens Street, Queenscliff, Victoria, 3225

Architect: Unknown

Traditional Owners: Wadawurrung people

Last Updated: 09/01/2021

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History and Architecture:

The first Mass in Queenscliff was held in 1851.

In 1854, an initial application for land "for a church, school and a clergyman's House" was rejected but a second application in March 1855 was successful and land was set aside in Stevens Street.*

An appeal for funds went further than the local area and Pilot O'Neill who was organizing the fund raising received donations from Melbourne Catholics who were already coming to Queenscliff for summer holidays.*

Tenders were called in 1863 for the masons' work on the new Catholic Church and the church was officially opened in January 1867 according to a record in the Geelong Advertiser. The Right Reverend Dr Goold blessed the church. The delay in its completion was in part due to the long distances the stone had to be carted.*

By 1900 renovations to the church and a presbytery were completed. The Presbytery cost 760.00.*

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
1899 - 1904 Father T. J. Quinn 1940
1904 - 1906 Father John J. Cusack 1917
1906 - 1913 Father Thomas F. Cahill 1914
1913 - 1915 Father Thomas Collins
1915 - 1917 Father James Carroll
1917 - 1921 Father John McKeon 1923
1921 - 1923 Father Francis Conlan
1923 - 1927 Father James Lee
1927 - 1931 Father John Bolger 1977
1931 - 1937 Father Richard Byrne 1943
1937 - 1940 Father Bernard Geoghegan 1977
1940 - 1949 Father John H. Cleary 1985
1949 - 1969 Father Timothy McCarthy
1969 - 1980 Father Thomas Murray 1992
1980 - Father Kevin Nicholson
2020 - Father Darien Sticklen

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

Church of the Holy Trinity Queenscliff. Herbert C Mills. SLT 282.99452M62C