Warrnambool, VIC - Wesleyan Methodist

Denomination: Wesleyan Methodist

Address: 89 - 105 Leibig Street, Warrnambool, Victoria, 3280

Architect: Unknown

Traditional Owners: Eastern Maar people

Last Updated: 05/02/2022

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History and Architecture:

Construction of a chapel took place betwen 1850 and 1851. The first Wesleyan Church in Warrnambool was constructed in 1850 on a land grant secured on the south western corner of Liebig and Koroit Streets.It was opened on the 4th May 1851 by the first resident minister, William Lightbody. Lightbody, who administered both Warrnambool and Port Fairy, was at the time one of five ordained Methodist ministers in Victoria.

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
1843 - 1850	Mr William Witton	WM
1850 - 1854	Rev William Lightbody	WM	1818	1879
1854 - 1856	Rev J. Albiston
1856 - 1858	Rev Richard Hart		1818	1907
1858 - 1860	Rev S. Waterhouse
1860 - 1863	Rev Thomas James		1832	1912
1863 - 1865	Rev J. B. Smith		1829	1903
1865 - 1868	Rev T. Raston
1868 - 1871	Rev James W. Crisp		1832	1917
1871 - 1872	Rev Francis E. Stephenson		1829	1885
1872 - 1875	Rev George Daniel		1823	1896
1875 - 1877	Rev Edward King		1825	1905
1877 - 1880	Rev Joseph Albiston		1829	1918
1880 - 1883	Rev William L. Blamires		1834	1916
1883 - 1884	Rev Henry Baker		1828	1887
1884 - 1885	Rev Alfred Rigg		1832	1891
1885 - 1888	Rev Nathaniel Bennett		1832	1923
1888 - 1891	Rev W. M. Bennett		1834	1916
1891 - 1894	Rev J. A. Taylor		1839	1908
1894 - 1897	Rev James Mathieson		1845	1923
1897 - 1900	Rev Henry K. Hutchison		1853	1912
1900 -	Rev Robert Philp		1850	1926