Holy Family Church
The Holy Family Catholic Church in Tingalpa, Queensland, is a relatively new church. Built in 1990, primarily by voluntary labour, it was blessed and opened by Archbishop Rush in 1991.
Saint Oliver Plunkett Church
The history of Saint Oliver Plunkett Church Cannon Hill dates back to 1921, when the first Catholic church in the area was opened. The church was named after St Oliver Plunkett, a seventeenth-century Catholic martyr who was canonized in 1975. The church was designed by G.H.M. Addison, a respected Brisbane architect, and decorated by Allen Oxlade, a renowned artist.
1918
The building of a Church was proposed.
19 June1921
Blessed Oliver Plunkett Foundation Stone was laid.
7 August 1921
Opening of Blessed Oliver Plunkett Church by Archbishop D. Mannix of Melbourne.
1925
Blessed Oliver Plunkett parted from Bulimba Parish. Rev J. Hegarty became the first Parish Priest.
7 June 1925
Foundation Stone laid for the Presbytery was laid by Archbishop Duhig.
6 September 1925
Presbytery blessed and opened by Archbishop Duhig and Bishop J Heavey of Cairns.
1930s - 1948
Eucharist was also celebrated in the Hemmant Hall.
1946
The Presentation Sisters arrived.
Jan 1947
Classes commenced in the Church.
6 April 1947
Convent blessed and opened at 29 Beauvardia Street by Archbishop Duhig.
6 April 1947
Official opening of the school by Archbishop Duhig.
18 March 1951
School Foundation Stone was laid.
9 March 1952
New school building was blessed and opened by Archbishop Duhig at 17 Beauvardia Street.
1952 - 1992
Our Lady of Fatima, Murarrie was a Mass Centre for the parish.
1954 - 1979
Santa Sabina, Morningside was a Mass Centre for the parish.
1955
Presbytery was extended.
1956
Convent was extended.
1960
Confessional room was added to left side of Church.
1960
The block of land at the rear of Church was sold.
1965
The swimming pool was built.
1967
The church was extended.
October 1973
New Church built at Murarrie.
1975
The name of the Church was changed to Saint Oliver Plunkett following the canonization of Blessed Oliver Plunkett by Pope Paul VI.
1984
The school changed from administration by the Presentation Sisters to lay administration.
Dec 1986
The Sisters withdrew from the school.
17 March 1987
The presbytery became the convent and vice versa.
1990
Family Support Centre opened.
24 Dec 1990
The first Mass was celebrated in The Church of the Holy Family, 41 Belmont Road, Tingalpa.
17 February 1991
Church of the Holy Family, Tingalpa was blessed and opened by Archbishop Rush. This Church was built during 1990, and mostly by voluntary labour.
17 February 1991
Extensions of the school were blessed and opened by Archbishop Rush
1993
The old convent/presbytery/parish office building was replaced with the new office/hall.
1 April 1994
New presbytery and new Administration block were blessed and opened by Auxiliary Bishop E. J. Cuskelly.
2 February 2006
Generous donations from parishoners enabled Fr Mark Percival to commission stained glass windows at St Oliver Plunkett Church. Installed and blessed on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord.
21 August 2017
The Parish is given over, in perpetuity, to the care of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
20 February 2018
The Title of the Presbytery and Centacare properties are transferred over to the School. Subsequently the Presbytery was demolished to make way for a new carpark - for School Staff and Parish use - and playground for the Middle-School children.
Parish Priests
1925 – 1933
Fr John Hegarty
1933 – 1934
Fr W. Kevin Murphy
1934 – 1937
Fr Oliver P. J. O’Beirne, OP
1937 – 1940
Fr John O’Connell
1941 – 1944
Fr Walter Cain
1945 – 1946
Fr George Ainslie
1950 – 1978
Fr John K. Kelly
1978 – 1990
Fr Edward Houlihan
1990 – 2001
Fr Peter Casey
2001 – 2017
Fr Mark Percival
2017 - 2020
Fr. Eric Alleaume OMI
2020
Fr. Basti OMI
Deacons
1992
Bruce Little
1994
James O’Brien
2006
Ray Pardo
Assistant Priests
1921
Fr William Hogan (Bulimba)
1929 – 1930
Fr Francis J Duffy, C.Ss.R.
1938
Fr Thomas McMannus, C.Ss.R.
1953 – 1955
Fr Thomas J. Guy
1955 – 1956
Fr Joseph V. Troy
1957 – 1966
Fr Brian V. Burke
1964 – 1966
Fr Joseph McGeehan
1967 – 1968
Fr Graham Elliott
1968
Fr Dermott Casey
1969 – 1971
Fr Edward Houlihan
1972 – 1974
Fr Richard Pascoe
1974 – 1975
Fr Peter G. Casey
1975
Fr Val O’Brien, C.S.Sp.
1975 – 1976
Fr Gary Walker, S.S.C.
1978 – 1981
Fr Liam O’Reilly, S.M.
1981 – 1985
Fr Denis Riley
1985
Fr Bernard Costigan
1985 – 1989
Fr Jack Agnew
1989 – 1992
Fr James Smith
1993 – 1995
Fr Christopher Hanlon
2019 - 2020
Fr Casmir Arul Raj OMI
2020 - 2023
Fr Joe Anthony Manickam OMI