St Gregory the Great Catholic Church
St Gregory the Great Catholic Church 02-01-2020 - John Conn, Templestowe, Victoria
St Gregory the Great Catholic Church 02-01-2020 - John Conn, Templestowe, Victoria

St Gregory the Great Catholic Church

Heywood, VIC 3304

Church Information

Church Name: St Gregory the Great Catholic Church
Church Previous Name: -
Denomination: Catholic Church in Australia
Street Address: 2049 Princes Hwy, Heywood VIC 3304, Australia
Suburb: Heywood
State: VIC
Postcode: 3304
Foundation Stone Laid: unknown
Foundation Stone Notes: 

No Founadtion Stone or Memorial Plaque details are known. Information/photographs are invited.

A plaque records: A M + D G - This plaque commemorates the - 150th Anniversary of the opening in 1866 - of the - Church of St Gregory the Great - by - + James Alipius Goold OSA Bishop of Melbourne.

Date Opened: 11-03-1866
Date Closed: unknown
Email: admin@churchesaustralia.org

Comments

Built of bluestone in 1885/6, St Gregory the Great Catholic Church was opened on 11/3/1866. Those in attendance included, His Lordship the Right Rev Dr Goold, Bishop of Melbourne, the Right Rev Dr Shiel, Bishop Elect of Adelaide, Dean Slattery of Warrnambool and Rev P Riordan of Portland.

The church celebrated 150 years of the Catholic community in Heywood, on 6/3/2016, with an anniversary Mass led by Bishop Paul Bird and Fr Gregory Tait. See Note below for more detail.

More historical information/photographs of the church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 27/1/2020

 

On the day the photographs were taken the air was thick with smoke from the bushfires.

Last Updated: Monday 27th January, 2020
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