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