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Saint Joseph's Church
History
This is a remarkable publication – a very detailed history of St Joseph’s Church, the early years, the architecture, the clergy that have served here since its foundation and a lot of other general parish history. It was produced by Frances Lee and Eileen Carty, two faithful parishioners. We are very grateful to them for the enormous amount of work they put into the research and presentation of this material which was originally printed as a booklet to mark the parish’s centenary in 2000.
Church Tour
Click on any picture and use the left and right arrow keys to scroll through the pictures, or double-click on any lightlighted picture to enlarge it to full screen.
Parish Priests

Father George Carton 1898 - 1901

Father Edward Doyle 1959 - 1975

Canon Aloysius O’Toole 1901—1925

Canon James Fraser 1975 - 1986

Father Nicholas Kern 2005 - 2016

Provost Henry Hazlehurst 1925 - 1953

Father William Doyle 1986 - 1989

Father Christopher Matthews 2016 -

Canon John Goodear 1953 - 1959

Father Terence Boylan 1989 - 2005
Curates
Eugene Rooney
Joseph O’Leary
Joseph Seddon
Peter Burke
Aloysius Wilson
Bernard Coleman
Bernard Bell
John Campbell
Cornelius Campion
Frederick V Walsh
Bernard Gill
Clement Turner
Albert Knight
James Fitzgerald
William Bergin
Patrick Down
Robert Fallon
Timothy Harrington
Hugh Birdwhistle
John McDonald
Frederick Walsh
John Blanc
James Farrell
James O’Reilly
Michael Cupit
Michael Gannon
Ivan Burke
Michael Wagstaffe
William Fitzgerald
Paul Standish
David McNamara
Edward (Ned) Wall
Michael Raiswell
Philip McGovern
Philip Heiberg
Father Humphrey Agbim
The Benemerenti Medal

The Benemerenti is a medal awarded by the Pope to members of the clergy and laity in recognition for their service to the Catholic Church.
Below is a list of St Joseph’s parishioners who have been awarded this medal.
Josie Bolger
Donald McDermott
Muriel Eyre
Mary McDermott
Eileen Carty
Laurence Stauss
Eileen Keegan
Eileen Walsh
Jack Cuffe
Silvia Roxburgh
John Reynolds (Snr)
Stations of the Cross
Click on any station and then click on the arrows to the left and right to move from station to station.