The Roman Catholic population continued to grow and the opening of a Carmelite convent at 104-106 Chesterton Road in 1923 provided a new place of worship on the Northern side of the town.

Following the departure of the Carmelites from Cambridge, the need for a new parish gradually became apparent and within a year, there was a significant donation of £250 towards establishing a new mass centre or church for Roman Catholics in Chesterton.

[2] In the years immediately after the Carmelite sisters left, Masses were said in private houses and informal venues until a small corrugated iron church was erected on the High Street in Chesterton.

[4] On 8 March 1958, Bishop Parker laid the foundation stone on the Milton Road site and on 24 August 1958, the new church was formally blessed and dedicated.

In addition to parish priests the following additional priests have served the parish: Revs Peter Stoyle (1963–1964), Paul Hypher (1964–1967), Derrick Morgan (1967–1970), John Drury as curate (1970–1972), Timothy Russ (1972–1976), Francis Selman (1976–1979), Michael Vulliamy (1980–1982), Callum Weir (1981–1983) and Joseph Farrell (1983–1986) The parish has had the following permanent deacons: Rev Geoffrey Cook (1978-) The following table records the number of baptisms (of children), receptions (of adults) into the church, marriages and the number attending Sunday mass (as counted on the annual census Sunday).