St Joseph's Church, Subiaco

St Joseph's Church
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
St Joseph's Church
31°56′34″S 115°49′30″E / 31.9429°S 115.8251°E / -31.9429; 115.8251
Location3 Salvado Road, Subiaco, Western Australia
CountryAustralia
DenominationCatholic Church
Websitestjosephssubiaco.org.au
History
StatusParish church
DedicatedNovember 1934
Architecture
Functional status
Active
Heritage designation
State Register
Designated28 August 2001
ArchitectEdgar Le Blond Henderson
Architectural type
Church
StyleInterwar Gothic
Years built
1933–1934
Administration
ArchdiocesePerth
ParishSubiaco
Clergy
PriestVery Rev Monsignor Kevin Long PhD PP
TypeState Registered Place
Designated28 August 2001
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St Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Subiaco, Western Australia. The church opened on 12 August 1934.[1] It was designed in the Interwar Gothic style by architect Edgar Le Blond Henderson.[2]

History

In 1850, Bishop Serra and some of his monks arrived in the area which he named Subiaco, which it still is known as. By 1859, a Benedictine monastery had been built, and Bishop Serra had departed to Rome.[3]

Over the next six years, what remained of Bishop Serra's monks left for New Norcia or to join the Perth Diocese.[3] The monastery later became an orphanage for boys under sponsorship of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, until it was badly damaged by a storm in 1879 and was unable to be rebuilt.[3] At this time, the Fremantle-Guildford Railway had been completed, and an unnamed platform had been built at current-day Subiaco, where the first family settlement was built: the Jones family home, which became known as "Jones' Folly".[3][4]

In 1897, the Sisters of Saint John of God arrived, with a small convent, 10-room hospital, a small stone 'Convent Church' which doubled as a school.[3]

The church was officially blessed and opened on the 12th of August, 1934, one year after the foundation stone was laid. The bell was installed in 1952.[3]

The foundation stone of St Joseph's.
Front view of the church.
The sanctuary, on Holy Thursday.

References

  1. ↑ "Our Church History". St Joseph's Subiaco. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "St Joseph's Church & Presbytery – Register of Heritage Places – Assessment Documentation". Heritage Council of Western Australia. 2001. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "History". stjosephssubiaco.org.au.
  4. ↑ "PHOTOGRAPH (COPY): JONES FAMILY OUTSIDE THEIR HOME IN ROBERTS ROAD, SUBIACO, CIRCA 1894". collectionswa.net.au.
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