Rupanyup, VIC - St John the Baptist Catholic (Former)

Denomination: Roman Catholic

Saint: John the Baptist

Address: 8 Frayne Avenue, Rupanyup, Victoria, 3388

Architect: Unknown

Last Updated: 31/03/2024

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History and Architecture:

From the Rupanyup Spectator, On Sunday last the new Roman Catholic Church at Rupanyup was formally opened and blessed by His Lordship the Bishop of Ballarat (Doctor Higgins), this being his first visit to this portion of the diocese.

At 8.30 a.m. Mass was celebrated by the Bishop, at which there was a good attendance, but at 11 o'clock a very large crowd had congregated from far and near, and after the necessary preliminaries had been gone through, including a procession around the building, the pretty church was crowded with an earnest and attentive congregation. His Lordship gave the edifice the name of St John the Baptist.

The Church was closed in 2013.

Clergy:

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

Years Name Annotation D.o.B D.o.D
- Father Thomas Barrett
1876 - 1878 Father John Doyle Sullivan
1878 - 1884 Father James O'Farrell
1884 - 1887 Father John Barrett
1884 - 1887 Father D. R. Howell Asst
1887 - 1889 Father J. Hogan
1889 - 1901 Father Joseph O'Brien
1889 - 1901 Father P. Costello Asst
1901 - 1917 Father Michael Meade 1917
- Father P. Goidanich
- Father Michael Lynch
- Father Anthony Peter Waldron Locum 1916
- Father Tom Wood
- Father E. R. Galligan 1959
1917 - 1929 Father Dean Howell
- Father J. H. Davis 1944
- Father P. J. Rohan 1929
- Father Thomas Hussey 1968
- Father P. J. Phelan 1933
1929 - 1931 Father John Kerin
- Father P. O'Shannessy
- Father J. J. Manning 1940
- Father Edward Glowrey 1950
- Father John Connellan 1945
1931 - 1949 Father John Coughlin
- Father P. Lynch
- Father J. McInerney
- Father Ed O'Bryan
- Father James Conway
- Father T. Scanlon 1982
- Father Vincent Sproules 1991
- Father Michael Shanley 1960
- Father T. Linane
- Father John Day
1949 - 1956 Manager D. O'Connell
- Father John Francis Kirby 1980
- Father M. Grady
- Father p. O'Keefe
- Father Patrick Bohan 1921 2008
- Father B. McDermott
1956 - 1959 Father Michael Glennon
- Father P. Culligan
- Father Leoard John Monk 1977
- Father Robert Markey 1926 2016
1959 - 1972 Father Patrick Lynch 1984
- Father K. Murphy
- Father P. King
- Father B. Coffey
- Father J. D. O'Hagen
- Father W. Dwyer
- Father W. O'Halloran
- Father S. Morey
- Father B. Smith
- Father L. Sheahan
- Father Kevin Arundell
1972 - 1973 Father Tom Kiniry
- Father P. Brennan
- Father R. Punch
1973 - 1978 Father Rodger Shepherd
- Father Patrick Mugavin
1978 - 1982 Father Connor Sullivan
- Father Michael O'Toole
- Father John Fitzgerald
- Father J. C. McKenzie
1982 - 1989 Father Frank Madden
- Father P. T. Colley
- Father Gerry Baldock
- Father Peter Elder
- Father Stephen Morrissy
- Father Greg Tait
- Father John Clonan
1999 - 2012 Father Peter Sherman
- Father John McKinnon
- Father Ed Maloney
- Father Tony Szewczyk
- Father Patrick Lim
2012 - Father Peter Hudson

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

1. St John the Baptist Church Rupanyup. 1912 - 2012. SLT 282.9458 S23L
2. Deceased Clergy in Australia, 1788-present