Caulfield South, VIC - Holy Cross Catholic

Year Built: 1937

Denomination: Roman Catholic

Address: 707 Glenhuntly Road, Caulfield South, Victoria, 3162

Architect: O.H. Jorgensen

Traditional Owners: Bunurong people

Last Updated: 11/09/2023

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History and Architecture:

Masses were first offered by Father O'Brien in the court room of the Caulfield Town Hall.

The design is in the Gothic style and incorporates the cross into the design of the churches. Holy Cross was built in this manner, with a central nave measuring 28 metres in length and 11 metres in width. The two side porches at the altar end protrude beyond the nave for four metres on each side and are 7 metres wide, accounting for one quarter of the church's length. This provided for a sanctuary 7 metres in width which was elevated from the main floor of the church by one step. Although the side chapels are original, the exterior walls of these did not allow for the present bay window structure, which was a 1960s addition. The main narthex measures only two and a half metres from the original Glenhuntly Road entrance to the doorway leading into the central nave. The original building only stretched as far as the present day side chapels :Ind sanctuary.

The Foundation stone was laid on 23 May 1937 by the Most Reverend D. Mannix D.D. Archbishop of Melbourne. The Architect was O.H. Jorgensen.

Clergy:

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

Years Name Annotation D.o.B D.o.D
1922 - 1926 Father John Aloysius O'Brien
1926 - 1936 Father Percy E. Sowersby 1966
1941 - 1942 Father Herbert Steele Asst 1987
1942 - 1948 Father Noel Coghlan Asst 1984
1948 - 1951 Father Joseph William Kelly 1918 1989
1951 - 1955 Father Fred Nolan Asst
1953 - 1962 Father Colin Miller Asst 1979
1955 - 1957 Father John Welch Asst 2009
1957 - Father S. Tuohy Asst
1960 - 1960 Father Eddie Fitzpatrick Asst
1961 - 1961 Father Frank Arnold Asst
1962 - 1966 Father John Sarvaas Woodcock Asst 1930 1956
1966 - 1969 Father Maurice Hehir Asst
1967 - 1968 Father Brian Mayhew Asst
1968 - 1969 Father J. Barry Gwillim Asst
1969 - 1971 Father S. Morey Asst
1969 - 1971 Father William Jordan Asst
1971 - 1972 Father Francis McLaughlin Asst
1971 - 1974 Father Vincent Burke Asst
1972 - 1975 Father Paul Gurry Asst
1974 - 1976 Father Joseph Dargan Asst
1975 - 1975 Father John Keaney
1975 - 1976 Father Peter Fulton Asst
1975 - 1987 Father Nicholas Stafford
1976 - Father Jack Stuart Asst
1976 - 1976 Father Terry Merivale Asst
1976 - 1979 Father John Elson Asst
1976 - 1981 Father Stanley Hill Asst
1981 - 1982 Father Patrick McCartin Asst
1982 - 1984 Father Frank O'Brien Asst
1984 - 1987 Father John Riordan Asst
1987 - Father Gerard Fitzgerald
1987 - 1990 Father Martin Leach Asstt
2020 - Father Varghese Kattikattu

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

1. Holy Cross Parish Caulfield South Carole McNally SLT 282.9451 M23H
2. Deceased Clergy in Australia, 1788-present.