TIME LINE OF MAJOR PARISH EVENTS & PARISH PRIESTS First St Joseph’s Church opens 1895 Father Henry Dowsett 1899 Father John Carroll 1922 Father Bernard Palmer 1925 Father Jules Van Heede 1930 Father (Canon) Michael Coughlan St Bernadette’s opens 1933 St Joseph’s School opens 1937 Our Lady of Fatima church opens 1950 1956 Father Joseph Lombardi 1960 Father (Canon) Francis Gallagher Laying of Foundation Stone 1961 First Mass in the new church 1962 St Edward’s School opens 1963 Consecration of the new church 1977 1984 Father Denis Collin Old St Joseph’s Church demolished 1986 Silver Jubilee of the new church 1987 1988 Canon Joseph Richardson Re-ordering of St Joseph’s Church 1990 Parish Centenary 1995 2003 Father Barry Hallett Golden Jubilee of new church 2012 2015 Father Chris Findlay-Wilson