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State: Victoria, Denomination: Roman Catholic
Greensborough, VIC - St Thomas' Catholic
Year Built: 1986
Address: Diamond Creek Road, , Greensborough Victoria, 3088
This church broke away from St Mary's Catholic in Greensborough in 1986.
Hamilton, VIC - St Mary's Catholic
Year Built: 1857
Address: 23 Dinwoodie Street, , Hamilton Victoria, 3300
In the early days Hamilton was part of the Portland Parish and hence Ministers came from there. The first Mass was held on 22 May 1848 by Father Kavanagh. The first part of the Church to be opened was conducted on 12 August 1866. The work commenced by Father Kavanagh was completed by the laying of a memorial stone on 30 May 1900 by…
Hampton, VIC - Our Lady of Perpetual Succour & St Andrews Catholic
Address: 40 Ludstone Street, , Hampton Victoria, 3188
Hampton, VIC - St Mary's Catholic
Year Built: 1925
Address: 59 Holyrood Street, , Hampton Victoria, 3188
In 1924 the Sandringham parish priest, Father Mangan, bought land for this purpose at a cost of £2,000. The land Father Mangan had to purchase was part of the Margarita Estate, approximately 20 acres of land stretching from South Road to Holyrood Street. Dr Henry Backhaus, a priest who had moved to the area from Bendigo upon his…
Hampton. VIC - Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic
Address: 441 Bluff Road, , Hampton Victoria, 3188
Harrietville, VIC - St Francis of Assisi Catholic
Address: 215 Great Alpine Road, , Harrietville Victoria, 3741
Originally located in Buckland it was moved to its present site in 1922.
Hastings, VIC - Immaculate Conception Catholic
Address: 71 Marine Parade, , Hastings Victoria, 3915
Hawkesdale, VIC - St Joseph's Catholic
Address: Dawson Street, , Hawkesdale Victoria, 3287
Hawthorn, VIC - Immaculate Conception Catholic
Year Built: 1869
Address: 345 Burwood Road, , Hawthorn Victoria,
The first section was built in 1867-69 and the chancel choir and tower were built in 1891, followed by further additions in 1913, 1921, and 1961. The spatially complex interior includes three Eastern apses of equal height and incorporates stained glass by Ferguson, Urie & Lyon; Mayer, Montgomery and Brooks Robinson. Constructed in…
Healesville, VIC - St Bridget's Catholic
Year Built: 1899
Address: Corner High & Ryrie Streets, , Healesville Victoria, 3777
November 1899 saw the first new parish mission established in Healesville by Reverend Patrick Gleeson who had arrived in Melbourne from Ireland on September 9. He had already served at West Melbourne, Mansfield, Castlemaine and St Kilda East before arriving in Healesville. At the turn of the 20th century St Bridget's Hall on the…
Heathcote, VIC - St Mary's Catholic
Year Built: 1917
Address: Corner Ebden & Pohlman Street, , Heathcote Victoria, 3523
The first priest to administer to the catholics in the Heathcote area was the Rev. Fr. Charles Clarke, who had arrived in Kilmore on April 20 1849. It was at this time that the Bishop of Melbourne, James Alipius Goold, created Kilmore a separate mission from Melbourne. His Parish extended all the way to Gisborne, Woodend, Kyneton,…
Heidelberg, VIC - St John's Catholic
Year Built: 1909
Address: Corner Cape & Yarra Streets, , Heidelberg Victoria, 3084
The Church was designed by William W Wardell and commenced in 1860 under the supervision of J B Denny. It was completed in 1909 largely to Wardell's design, under Kempson and Conolly. The Foundation stone was laid on 5 September 1909 by the Most Reverend Dr Carr Archbishop of Melbourne.
Heywood, VIC - St Gregory the Great Catholic
Year Built: 1866
Address: 2049 Princes Highway, , Heywood Victoria, 3304
A plaque reads, " AM+DG This plaque commemorates the 150th anniversary of the opening in 1866 of the church St Gregory the Great by James Alipius Goold OSA Bishop of Melbourne".
Highett, VIC - St Agnes Catholic
Year Built: 1969
Address: 10 Spring Road, , Highett Victoria, 3190
A Plaque on the church wall reads, "This Church dedicated to S. Agnes V.M. was blessed and opened on Wednesday 10 September 1969 by Archbishop J Knox D.D. Parish Priest Fr G. Quilter. The Church was built as a Peace Memorial for those who died Defending their country R.I.P. This stone commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Parish 13…
Hopetoun, VIC - St Joseph's Catholic
Year Built: 1966
Address: 35 Lascelles Street, , Hopetoun Victoria, 3396
A Foundation stone reads, " A.M.D.G. This Church was solemnly blessed and opened by the Most Rev J.P. O'Collins D.D. Bishop of Ballarat on 8-5-66 Rev M. Philbin P.P. Pastor P&A Coutts builders J.W. Henry & Assoc Architects.
Horsham, VIC - St Michael and St John's Catholic
Year Built: 1987
Address: Corner Roberts & Urquhart Streets, , Horsham Victoria, 3400
The first Mass to be held in Horsham was in 1857 by visiting Priest Fr. Patrick Madden. The first church was opened by Bishop O'Connor on 12 November 1876, a wooden building facing west to McPherson Street.* The first Catholic church seems to have been built in record time following its establishment as a parish when separated from…
Hurstbridge, VIC - St Peter's Catholic
Address: Heidelberg Kinglake Road, , Hurstbridge Victoria, 3099
Inglewood, VIC - St Mary's Catholic
Year Built: 1905
Address: 85 Southey Street, , Inglewood Victoria, 3517
A Historical plaque reads, "The Very Reverend Dean Hayes of Sandhurst opened the first church on his site, a timber structure serving as a church and a school on November 8th 1866.The present red brick church was built in 1905 and the opening ceremony and blessing held on December 17th 1905 by the most Reverend Dr. Reville, Bishop of…
Inverleigh, VIC - Sacred Heart Catholic
Year Built: 1933
Address: 71 - 79 High Street, , Inverleigh Victoria, 3321
The Church was built in 1933, possibly as means of providing work during the Depression, and was designed in a simple restrained Gothic Revival style using typical materials for its time. The present church replaced an earlier timber church on this site which in turn replaced another on a site near the Inverleigh Cemetery.
Inverloch, VIC - Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic
Address: 16 Scarborough Street, , Inverloch Victoria, 3996
Iona, VIC - St Joseph's Catholic
Year Built: 1940
Address: 1215 Bunyip River Road, , Iona Victoria, 3815
The first church was constructed in 1900 and followed by a convent for the Sisters of St Joseph in 1914. A Foundation stone reads, " A.M.D.G. This church was blessed and opened by the Most Rev D. Mannix D.D.L.L.D Archbishop of Melbourne 14th April 1940 Revd P. Cremin P.P.". A Foundation stone on the church hall next door reads, "…
Irymple, VIC - Our Lady of Compassion Catholic
Address: 2112 Fifteenth Street, , Irymple Victoria, 3498
Irymple, VIC - St Francis Xavier Catholic
Year Built: 1958
Address: 2 Elms Street, , Irymple Victoria, 3498
A wall plaque read, " Most Rev J.P. O'Collins D.D. Bishop of Ballarat blessed and dedicated this Church to St Francis Xavier Sunday May 4th 1958 Rev J. Day P.O.".
Ivanhoe, VIC - Mary Immaculate Catholic
Year Built: 1961
Address: Corner Waverley & Upper Heidelberg Road, , Ivanhoe Victoria, 3079
Originally the Ivanhoe Parish was part of St. John’s the Evangelist, Heidelberg. The original church was built in 1915 by Architects Kempson and Connlly. A red brick church was built on the present site of the Church. It was the original Immaculate Conception, a Chapel of Ease from the Heidelberg Parish of St John opened on 31 October…
Jeparit, VIC - St Augustine's Catholic
Year Built: 1959
Address: 23 Sands Street, , Jeparit Victoria, 3423
An Historical marker at the front of the Church reads, " In the years prior to 1917 Mass was celebrated in the Mechanics Institute by Priests from Nhill. When sufficient funds allowed the weatherboard Catholic Church at Lillimur was dismantled and transported by rail in December 1917 by Father Daly, and was reopened as St Augustine's in…
Kangaroo Flat, VIC - St Monica's Catholic
Year Built: 1926
Address: 97 High Street, , Kangaroo Flat Victoria, 3555
A Foundation stone reads, " This Memorial stone of St Monica's Church was blessed and laid on Sunday 16th May 1926 by Most Rev John McCarthy D.D. Bishop of Sandhurst".
Kaniva, VIC - St Michael's Catholic (Former)
Year Built: 1930
Address: Roache Street, , Kaniva Victoria, 3419
The Foundation stone was laid on 29 December 1929 by Right Reverend Dr Folly Bishop of Ballarat.
Karyrie, VIC - St Mary's Catholic
Address: 2 Corack Road, , Karyrie Victoria, 3483
In the early days Mass was celebrated at Mr M. O'Keefe's home, later in the Karyrie North State School (School in Coffey selection) Fr Costello driving horse and buggy up from Charlton. Mass was usually 11 a.m. On Sunday 12th July 1887 a meeting of all those interested in building a Church at Karyrie was held at Mr Scanlon's home. A…
Katandra West, VIC - St Bernard's Catholic (Former)
Address: 241 Hickey Road, , Katandra West Victoria, 3634
The Church is in private hands.
Keilor Downs, VIC - St Mary of the Assumption Catholic
Address: 152 Odessa Avenue, , Keilor Downs Victoria, 3038
Keilor East, VIC - St Peter the Apostle Catholic
Address: 2A Parkside Ave, , Keilor East Victoria, 3033
Keilor Park, VIC - St Augustine's Catholic
Year Built: 1863
Address: 98 Harrick Road, , Keilor Park Victoria, 3042
In 1854 Father Matthew Downing, an Irish Augustinian priest of Eureka Stockade fame, was appointed as the first pastor to the newly formed Keilor Parish. He quickly set about building a school, later relocated to this site, a presbytery and a church. The construction of St. Augustine's, built to the design of Charles Hansom's Church,…
Kew East, VIC - St Anne's Catholic
Year Built: 1957
Address: Beresford Street, , Kew East Victoria, 3102
The current church was built in 1957 combining modern and traditional elements of a basilica forms and tower with a stripped back modernity. Built of common building material of brick. A Foundation stone was laid on August 10, 1930, by Archbishop Mannix laid for the original church. It was declared a separate parish in January 1937 when…
Kew, VIC - Sacred Heart Catholic
Year Built: 1918
Address: 116 Cotham Road, , Kew Victoria, 3101
The history of the church goes back to 1872 when Jesuits purchased land in Walpole Street. By 1875 Archbishop Gould had laid a foundation stone on 14 February for a school. Early services for local Catholics were held in Richmond, Collingwood and later Hawthorn. By 1899 the land for the current church was purchased after a donation by Mr…
Keysborough, VIC - Church of the Resurrection Catholic
Year Built: 1974
Address: 402 Corrigan Road, , Keysborough Victoria, 3173
The Church was formed in 1974 mainly due to the hard work of Father Barry Moran. He was appointed Parish Priest of the Keysborough Parish in 1974 when he began to set up the Church of Resurrection on a paddock of about three hectares. The design for the Church was in part directed by the foreknowledge that the church was also to be…
Kilmore, VIC - St Patrick's Catholic
Year Built: 1856
Address: 37 Sutherland Street, , Kilmore Victoria, 3764
The first Catholic Priest to perform a Mass in Kilmore was the Reverend Father Charles Clarke in 1846. His successor in 1854 was Father T O'Rouke. During his time he set about building a small chapel in the Willomavin area. By 1856 it was decided a bigger Church was required. Construction commenced in 1856 and the foundation stone was…
Kinglake, VIC - St Mary's Catholic
Year Built: 2010
Address: 124 Whittlesea Kinglake Road, , Kinglake Victoria, 3763
The Church was burnt down by fire in 1926. A new church was opened in March 1927. After another fire a new Church was erected in 2010.
