St.James - Colgan (Ontario) Canada
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the Roman Catholic Church St.James located in Colgan (Ontario) Canada
Waymark Code: WMM229
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/05/2014
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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.
There is a plaque & a corner stone. The stone indicated the date of MDCCCLXXXVIII or 1888.
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
Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 02/24/1888
Age of Church building determined by?: Church website
If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: catholic
If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: From: 9:00 AM To: 4:00 PM
If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Sunday
Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: 11:00 AM
Street address of Church:
2118 Adjala-Tecumseth Townline
RR #1
Colgan, Ontario Canada
L0G 1W0
Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link]
Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link]
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