Shepparton, VIC - St Brendan's Catholic

Year Built: 1924

Denomination: Roman Catholic

Saint: Brendan

Address: 121 Knight Street, Shepparton, Victoria, 3630

Architect: A.A. Fritsch

Traditional Owners: Yorta Yorta people

Last Updated: 13/07/2024

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History and Architecture:

The very first Mass held in the Shepparton area was held in 1876.*

The first reference to St Brendan's church was made in the Advocate Newspaper of 16 July 1881 when it mentioned the drawing of an Art Union for the St Brendan's Presbytery. The names of the Architect and builder are not known due to a fire that destroyed the records.*

The first Church was opened and dedicated on 25 May 1879 with the Right Reverend Dr Crane assisting Fathers Scanlan and Kennedy with 400 people attending.*

In 1883 it was decided to enlarge the church as the population of Shepparton had grown so large that the church could not hold enough Mass's. Tenders were called on 13 November for the enlargement and plastering of the church. By the following February the new enlarged church was dedicated by Dr Reville O.S.A.*

A fire destroyed the church on 29 January 1900 but by 11 November the same year had been re built. By 1924 further enlargements had been carried out.*

Clergy:

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

Years Name Annotation D.o.B D.o.D
1880 - 1882 Father P. J. Byrne Asst
1880 - 1884 Father Michael Kennedy 1905
1882 - 1884 Father Denis McCarthy Asst
1884 - 1888 Rev P. Kavanagh Asst
1884 - 1887 Father Michael O'Connor
1887 - 1896 Father James McCarthy 1927
1888 - 1889 Father M. Byrne Asst
1889 - 1891 Father Denis O'Dee Asst
1892 - 1900 Father M. Smith Asst
1896 - 1908 Very Rev Dean Timothy Murphy
1901 - 1904 Father John Skelly Asst
1905 - 1906 Father James Lawless Asst
1906 - 1907 Father Joseph Brady Asst
1907 - 1908 Father E. Rooney Asst
1908 - 1910 Very Rev Dean James Gaffney
1908 - 1912 Father John Moran Asst
1910 - 1937 Right Rev Monsignor Denis Hogan V.G. 1937
1912 - 1913 Father John Kennedy Asst
1913 - 1922 Father Alphonsus Keane Asst
1923 - 1930 Father Thomas Murphy Asst
1930 - 1933 Father Michael Downey Asst
1933 - 1935 Father G. Shanahan Asst
1936 - 1947 Father John Hussey Asst 1987
1937 - 1946 Right Rev Monsignor Peter Mahoney 1954
1944 - 1946 Father Patrick Collins Asst
1946 - 1947 Father George Leonard Sait Asst 1971
1946 - 1949 Very Rev Dean Richard Kelly R.I. 1949
1947 - 1949 Father Timothy Scott Asst 2001
1948 - 1950 Father Edward Egan Asst
1949 - 1962 Right Rev Monsignor Thomas Murphy
1951 - 1963 Father Gerald Moylan Asst 2001
1952 - 1954 Father John Ryan Asst
1961 - 1962 Father Maurice Duffy Asst 1987
1962 - Right Rev Monsignor Anthony Bones V.F.
1963 - 1967 Father Frank Jones Asst
1964 - 1965 Father Donal O'Neill Asst 2015
1966 - 1967 Father P. Ly Asst
1967 - 1968 Father J. Railton Asst
1967 - 1971 Father Brian Connell Asst
1968 - 1972 Father Peter Jeffrey Asst
1971 - 1971 Father Frank Marriott Asst
1972 - 1974 Father Ronald Hayes Asst
1973 - 1980 Father Edward Harte Asst
1975 - 1976 Father John Stockdale Asst
1977 - 1978 Father R. Drake Asst
1978 - Father A. D'Cruz Asst
1980 - Father Crameri

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

1. The New Rush, the History of St Brendan's Parish, 1880 - 1980. SLT 282.94541 SH4M
2. Deceased Clergy in Australia, 1788-2024.