St George's Church is the parish for the
English speaking
Catholics
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in
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Places Canada
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/West Wellington Village, within the city and
archdiocese of Ottawa
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...
. The parish of St George was founded in 1923, its territory carved out of St Mary's Parish.
It has become the home of Ottawa's growing
Eritrean Catholic community.
History
George Prudhomme was the first pastor, and the parish was named for his patron saint.
Starting on 30 September 1923, masses were celebrated at the Sisters of the Visitation Convent. The parish rented the convent chapel for a year until a new church was built. The convent remains as a heritage building.
St George's foundations were laid in 1923. In 1924 the church bell was officially blessed. It was manufactured in
Troy, New York
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and weighs 600 lbs. The church was officially inaugurated in 1924 by
Joseph-Ménard Émard, Archbishop of Ottawa
but it was not consecrated until 1998. In 2014, a large building project was finished with facilities including a new parish hall.
References
A Brief History and Parishes of the Archdiocese of Ottawa, {{ISBN, 978-2-7468-2525-3
School Histories: St George Catholic School http://www.theinquiry.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/McCann-St-Georges-RC-School-Ottawa.pdf
External links
Website
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Ottawa