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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

The Queenstown-Arrow Parish Of The Roman Catholic Church

The Queenstown-Arrow Parish Of The Roman Catholic Church includes the districts of Cardrona, Garston, Nokomai, Gibbston, Glenorchy, Skippers, and Macetown. The church at Queenstown is known as St. Joseph's, and is built of stone with a slate roof. It occupies a splendid site of an acre and a-half, and has room for 400 worshippers. The convent and presbytery adjoin St. Joseph's. The foundation stone of the church was laid on the first Sunday in October, 1897, by the Most Reverend Bishop Verdon, assisted by the Rev. Father O'Donnell, pastor-in-charge, in the presence of a large concourse of people; and the church was completed and opened for public worship on the 28th of May, 1898, when it was blessed by the bishop, and the inaugural sermon was preached by the Very Rev. Dean Burke, of Southland.