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History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
1848<\/strong><\/td>Leichhardt area part of the parish of St Augustine’s Balmain<\/td><\/tr>
1857<\/strong><\/td>Father John Joseph Therry purchased 12 acres of land in Elswick Street, to bethe Balmain Catholic Cemetery.<\/td><\/tr>
1864<\/td>Father Therry died and was buried at Elswick Street<\/td><\/tr>
1869<\/td>Catholic Cemetery opened, Mortuary Chapel built.<\/td><\/tr>
1870\u20131875<\/td>School conducted in Mortuary Chapel by a lay teacher.<\/td><\/tr>
1887<\/td>Elswick Street becomes part of the new parish of St. Fiacre’s Leichhardt.<\/td><\/tr>
1888<\/td>Chapel enlarged.<\/td><\/tr>
1896<\/td>The present Church was built as a Church\/School.<\/td><\/tr>
1897<\/td>Two Sisters of St. Joseph open St. Columba’s School.<\/td><\/tr>
1898<\/td>Cardinal Moran blesses and opens new Church\/School.<\/td><\/tr>
1918<\/td>St. Columba’s School enrolled 182 children in two classes.<\/td><\/tr>
1926<\/td>Infants block built.<\/td><\/tr>
1933<\/td>Balmain Catholic Cemetery closed.
St. Columba’s becomes the parish church of North Leichhardt.
Father Geer appointed first parish priest.<\/td><\/tr>
1936<\/td>St. Joseph’s Infants School enlarged.<\/td><\/tr>
1939<\/td>Presbytery built and blessed by Archbishop Gilroy on 22nd October.<\/td><\/tr>
1940<\/td>Father Geer dies, Father C. Murphy becomes parish priest.
School enrolments now increases to 477 students. St.
Joseph’s Infants = 147 and
St. Columba’s = 330<\/td><\/tr>
1952<\/td>Father Lynch becomes parish priest.<\/td><\/tr>
1953<\/td>Present administration building opened at St. Columba’s. The church is no longeris used as a school.<\/td><\/tr>
1955<\/td>Father Meredith becomes parish priest.<\/td><\/tr>
1956<\/td>St. Joseph’s Convent opened.<\/td><\/tr>
1965<\/td>St. Columba’s secondary classes (girls only) move to local secondary school.<\/td><\/tr>
1968<\/td>Church sanctuary altered to conform with new liturgy.  School enrolments 432.<\/td><\/tr>
1969<\/td>St. Joseph’s Infants School transferred to St. Columba’s<\/td><\/tr>
1971<\/td>Downstairs of present infants block completed.<\/td><\/tr>
1978<\/td>Top storey added to infant block. School enrolments 386.<\/td><\/tr>
1983<\/td>Golden Jubilee of parish.<\/td><\/tr>
1988<\/td>Father Butler becomes parish priest on Father Meredith’s retirement.<\/td><\/tr>
1993<\/td>Parish Diamond Jubilee. School enrolments 202.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

History 1848 Leichhardt area part of the parish of St Augustine’s Balmain 1857 Father John Joseph Therry purchased 12 acres of land in Elswick Street, to bethe Balmain Catholic Cemetery. 1864 Father Therry died and was buried at Elswick Street 1869 Catholic Cemetery opened, Mortuary Chapel built. 1870\u20131875 School conducted in Mortuary Chapel by a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\nHistory - St Columba's Parish, Leichhardt North<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stcolumba.org.au\/history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"History - St Columba's Parish, Leichhardt North\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"History 1848 Leichhardt area part of the parish of St Augustine’s Balmain 1857 Father John Joseph Therry purchased 12 acres of land in Elswick Street, to bethe Balmain Catholic Cemetery. 1864 Father Therry died and was buried at Elswick Street 1869 Catholic Cemetery opened, Mortuary Chapel built. 1870\u20131875 School conducted in Mortuary Chapel by a […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/stcolumba.org.au\/history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"St Columba's Parish, Leichhardt North\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-31T03:10:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/stcolumba.org.au\/history\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/stcolumba.org.au\/history\/\",\"name\":\"History - 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