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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXV, Issue X, 8 September 1900, Page 458

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THE CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART. Owing t« the number of Catholics residing in the Ponsonby district Bishop Luck it advisable in 1885 to create there a new and distinct parish from that of St. Patrick’s. This eventuated in April, 1885, by the appointment of the A’ery Rev. Dr. Egan, 0.5.8., to the charge of the newlyfounded district (ecclesiastical). The convent chapel of St. Mary’s was used for the parochial services until such time as a new church should be erected in a more central position. This was erected on the Ponsonby- Road, at the corner of O’Neill-street, by the Rev. Father Lenihan (now Bishop), who succeeded the Very Rev. Dr. Egan in the year 1887, and was entitled the Church of the Sacred Heart. Mainly through his energy the church was largely released from debt and beautified in the interior, and the choir

attached to the same was conspicuous for its excellent music. In the year 1891 the Rev. Father Lenihan was transferred, to Parnell, and succeeded by the Rev. Father Gillan, who was instrumental in the building of the adjoining parish school. The course of events has, after w fifteen years, brought back the Rev. Dr. Egan to the charge of Ponsonby. The choir master is Air. Bosworth, a well-known musician.

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