Timeline of Rockingham Parish | Pre 1933 | Oblate Fathers from Fremantle said Mass at Wellard Hall, Agricultural Hall, Val Ray and Trocadero. |
The building that was built and paid for by the Catholic Welfare Organisation that became Rockingham's first permanent church. | | 1933 | Rockingham become part of Pinjarra Parish. | | 1941 | Rockingham reverted back to Fremantle Parish
Archbishop Prendiville buys land between Parkin & Harrison Streets, Rockingham. | | 1946 | Catholic Welfare hut from Northam purchased and erected in Parkin Street. | | 1947 - April 15 | Rockingham made separate parish.
PP Fr Michael Holohan. | | 1947 | Church dedicated to St Michael, blessed & opened by Monsignor Edmund Kelly. | | 1949 - 1971 | PP – Fr James Boylan. | | 1960 | St Michael’s changed to Our Lady of Lourdes. | | 1971 - 1976 | PP – Fr Eugene McGrath. | | 1974 | Star of the Sea Primary School opened. | | 1976 – 2007 (June) | PP – Fr Finbarr Walsh. | | 1978 - August 6 | Our Lady of Lourdes opened and blessed by Archbishop Goody. | | | 2007 (June) - 2014 (Feb) | PP – Fr Michael Separovich. | | | 2014 Feb - July | The community of the Order of the Clerics Regular of Somasca - Priest in Charge: Fr Johnson Malayil Joseph CRS |
| | 2014 July - | The community of the Order of the Clerics Regular of Somasca
PP – Fr Pierluigi Vajra CRS | |
Canonical Visitations | | 1956 - October 21 | | 1959 – October 16 | | 1962 – September 22 | | 1965 – July 16 | | 1971 – June 16 | | 1977 – October 6 | 2005 - September
2010 - June 6
2017 - Nov 10 - 12 |
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