The History of St Francis Xavier Parish, Armadale
The parish of St Francis Xavier, Armadale was formally established in 1945, but its history is an intertwined story of three churches and three locales (Jarrahdale, Serpentine and Armadale) which reaches back to 1885. A parishioner has chronicled this story through an impressive history of the parish, which can be read here.
Parish Priests of St Francis Xavier Parish
- 1945-1956 Fr John McGillicuddy
- 1956-1959 Fr Phillip Farrelly
- 1959-1965 Fr Patrick Duffy
- 1965-1966 Fr Ross O’Reilly
- 1966-1967 Fr John Halloran OSM
- 1967-1973 Fr Brian Harris
- 1973-1974 Fr John Lisle
- 1974-1984 Fr Geoff Beyer
- 1984-1994 Fr Jim Corcoran
- 1994-1995 Fr Vincent Conroy
- 1995-2003 Fr Tony Pires
- 2003-2004 Fr Terence Nueva
- 2005-2018 Fr Kazimierz Stuglik
- 2018-2019 Fr Joseph Minh Nhut Tran
- 2019 Mgr Tim Corcoran (Parish Administrator)
- 2019-2020 Fr Mark Baumgarten (Parish Administrator)
- 2020- Fr Mark Baumgarten