Church Name: | All Saints Catholic Church |
Church Previous Name: | - |
Denomination: | Catholic Church in Australia |
Street Address: | 55 Marsh St, West Kempsey NSW 2440, Australia |
Suburb: | West Kempsey |
State: | NSW |
Postcode: | 2440 |
Foundation Stone Laid: | 15-01-1922 |
Foundation Stone Notes: | Foundation stone records: Hunc Lapidem Ecclesiae Omnium - Sanctorum Kempseyen In Locum Posuit - Rev ssmus Epis us Lismorem - Joannes Carroll DD - Die XV Jan Anno MDCCCCXXII |
Date Opened: | 11-07-1922 |
Date Closed: | unknown |
Email: | admin@churchesaustralia.org |
The present All Saints Catholic Church, Kempsey was blessed and dedicated on 11/7/1922 by the Second Bishop of Lismore, Bishop John Carroll. The first Mass in the district was offered in 1846 by Father John Rigney. The first church building was a small wooden structure opened in East Kempsey in 1858. More historical information/photographs of the church/congregation are invited. Photographs upoaded 2/4/2020.