It was built in 1902 and was designed by Edward Goldie in the Romanesque Revival style.

A small chapel on King Street was also built to host public worship, but closed in 1858.

From 1880, Mass was being celebrated in a house, 2 Gloucester Villas, Shakespeare Road.

New benches, oak altar rails, a shrine to the Sacred Heart and statues of saints Patrick and Anthony of Padua were installed.

[3] The parish is currently administered by priests from the Congregation of the Holy Spirit or Spiritans.

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