1925 | First church opened on 11th October in former “button factory” on corner of Lower Addiscombe Road and Brockenhurst Road. |
1939 | Fr James Barraud appointed Priest in Charge, living at 393 Lower Addiscombe Road. |
1940 | Church damaged by incendiary bomb on 6th September. |
1943 | Church repaired. |
1944 | Fr John McKenna appointed Priest in Charge on 1st December. |
1949 | No.s 147-151 Bingham Road purchased. Fr McKenna takes up residence in 147 in November. |
1958 | Parish Hall completed in June on site of 149 Bingham Road. |
1964 | New church completed on site of 151 and opened on 8th December. Addiscombe becomes a parish and Fr John McKenna the first Parish Priest. |
1965 | Ladies of Mary (subsequently renamed Daughters of Mary and Joseph) move into Shirley Court. In September Coloma School moves from Tavistock Road to new building in Upper Shirley Road. |
1975 | Daughters of Mary and Joseph establish Provincial House in Fitzjames Avenue. Church consecrated on 2nd October. |
1978 | Death of Fr McKenna 2nd February. Fr Martin Kensington appointed Parish Priest |
1981 | Death of Fr Kensington on 8th August. Monsignor John Moran appointed Parish Priest. |
1992 | Retirement of Monsignor Moran on 7th October (died 25th November 1995). Fr Peter Stodart appointed Parish Priest |
2003 | Fr Peter Stodart moves to be Parish Priest at Tunbridge Wells. Fr Joe O’Connor appointed Parish Priest |
2017 | Fr Joe O’Connor retires as Parish Priest in September. Fr Keith Sylvia is appointed Parish Priest. |
2019 | Fr Sebastian Jackson joins as Assistant Parish Priest. |
2024 | Fr Sebastian Jackson moves to Wimbledon as an Assistant Parish Priest. Fr Tomasz Margol joins us from Ham as Assistant Parish Priest. |