Parish History

Parish’s Name: St Joseph’s Gunnedah

Churches in Parish:

• Gunnedah: St Joseph’s (First Church 1875 now St Joseph’s Hall)
• Keepit: St Patrick’s
• Carroll: St John’s
• Breeza: St Mary’s
• Curlewis: St Alphonsus
• Tambar Springs: St Mary Immaculate
• Kelvin: St Patrick’s
• Mullaley: St Teresa a Jesu Infante
• Premer: Sacred Heart.

Church’s Address: 346 Connadilly Street

Parish established: 1875

Priests in the Parish:

1875-1882       Fr Denis English

1882-1890       Fr Thomas English

1890-1903       Dean John O’Sullivan

1903-1918       Fr James Walsh

1918-1944       Fr Daniel Keane

1944-1954       Mgr John McDermott

1954-1957       Mgr James Healy

1958-1967       Mgr Thomas Leahy

1967-1975       Mgr John O’Connor

1975-1989       Fr Richard Shanahan

1989-1993       Fr Bernard Frize

1993-1999       Fr Anthony Castelli

2000-               Fr W G Hayes PP

2005 -2006      Fr Jose Adriano

2007                Fr Ron Perrett

Parish Associates:

HISTORY OF PARISH

13 Margaret st

Corner of Mary st

Cork. 19, Oct 1904

Dear John

I wrote this day fortnight to you to thank you and I do so now again.

I hope you are getting better as the summer is coming to you now and we are just getting into the winters beautiful weather but very frosty.