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SAINT JAMES, COLGAN 1830

St. James Parish Community is a Roman Catholic parish, located about 60 km north of downtown Toronto, in south Simcoe County, Ontario

St. James, in Colgan, is recognized as the second oldest parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto. It was established as a parish in 1830. This date, however, does not mark the beginning of the Catholic faith in the township. With the earliest Irish settlers, who came to Adjala in the early 1820's, came their Catholic faith.

In the 1820's many settlers from Ireland began to pioneer in the Colgan area where a church was soon built to meet the pastoral needs of the increasing number of catholics. Bishop Alexander MacDonell of Kingston in 1830 raised the church at Colgan to parish status in union with St. Patrick's Church, Wildfield, which served as the principal residence of the founding pastor, Father Edward John Gordon. During the 1830's the catholic population around Colgan continued to grow so that after mid-1833 it was assigned a resident priest and became a parish in its own right.

St. James Colgan is the mother church of all the parishes established in South Simcoe County and far beyond from King City in the south-east to Owen Sound in the north-west. Along with the neighbouring area in Adjala and Tecumseth townships Colgan became one of the largest concentrations of Irish catholics in the rural parts of the archdiocese and a great source of priestly and religious vocations over the years.

Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
(closed for lunch 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm)

Office Phone: 905-936-4266 Fax: 905-936-9266

Priest's Residence 905-936-2020 (emergency only)

Mailing Address
2118 Adjala-Tecumseth Townline
RR #1 Colgan, Ontario
L0G 1W0

Type of Church: Church Status of Building: Actively in use for worship Dominant Architectural Style: neo classical Associated Shrines, Art, etc.: none Archdiocese: Toronto Diocese: Hamilton Address/Location: 2118 Adjala Tecumseth Townline Colgan, Ontario Canada L0G 1W0 Relvant Web Site: [Web Link] Date of organization: Not listed Date of building construction: Not listed

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