St John's Anglican Church
St John's Anglican Church 17-09-2011 - Marlene Oostryck - See Note 1.
St John's Anglican Church - First St John's 19-08-2013 - See Note 2

St John's Anglican Church

Fremantle, WA 6160

Church Information

Church Name: St John's Anglican Church
Church Previous Name: St John the Evangelist Anglican Church
Denomination: Anglican Church of Australia
Street Address: 24 Adelaide St, Fremantle WA 6160, Australia
Suburb: Fremantle
State: WA
Postcode: 6160
Foundation Stone Laid: 28-01-1879
Foundation Stone Notes:  Foundation stone for the current church records: "In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. The Foundation Stone of this edifice hereafter to be devoted to the service of the Anglican Branch of the Catholic Church, was laid by the Right Reverend Father in God, Henry Hutton Parry, by Divine Permission Bishop of Perth in the Colony of Western Australia on the 28th day of January, 1879, in the presence of many witnesses. Glory to God in the highest". 
Date Opened: unknown
Date Closed: unknown
Email: admin@churchesaustralia.org

Comments

The first St John's Anglican Church, Fremantle, built in 1843, was located where the present Town Hall now stands. It was opened on 4/8/1843. The current St John's, which replaced the earlier church, was consecrated in July 1882. No other details are known. More historical information/photographs of the church/congregation are invited.Photographs uploaded 25/9/2018.

Note 1: Photograph attribution/source - By Marlene Oostryck (Wiki Takes Fremantle participant) - Uploaded from Wiki Takes Fremantle, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17313408

Note2: Photograph attribution/source - By Unknown - http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/printArticleJpg/37976188/5?print=n, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27781234

 

Last Updated: Tuesday 25th September, 2018
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