Church Name: | Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church |
Church Previous Name: | - |
Denomination: | Catholic Church in Australia |
Street Address: | 341/351 Victoria Rd, Gladesville NSW 2111, Australia |
Suburb: | Gladesville |
State: | NSW |
Postcode: | 2111 |
Foundation Stone Laid: | 01-03-1925 |
Foundation Stone Notes: | (The Catholic Press - 5 March 1925) "CATHOLIC PROGRESS AT GLADESVILLE. New Church. FOUNDATIONS BLESSED BY THE ARCHBISHOP. The Rev. Father E. Gell, P.P., had long set his heart on having a new church in the Gladesville end of the Ryde parish, and on Sunday last he saw the first step taken, when his Grace the Archbishop blessed the foundation-stone, in the presence of a large gathering." The formal text of the foundation stone is not known. Information/photographs are invited |
Date Opened: | 11-10-1925 |
Date Closed: | unknown |
Email: | admin@churchesaustralia.org |
(Sydney Morning Herald - 12 October 1925) "ROMAN CATHOLIC MEMORIAL CHURCH. - The Roman Catholic Memorial Church of Our Lady, Queen of Peace, Gladesville, was blessed and opened yesterday afternoon by Archbishop Kelly. Archbishop Kelly said that the new church was a memorial to the fallen Australian soldiers who had laid down their lives for liberty and religion. The building was completed and dedicated under the original name Our Lady of Peace, later to be changed to Our Lady Queen of Peace."
No other details are known about Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Gladesville. More historical information/photographs of the church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 12/5/2018 & 14/9/2020.