St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Cemetery
Location:
16066 The Gore Road, Caledon, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada.
Concession 3, east half of lot 21, Albion Township.
GPS:
Latitude: 43.8989°N
Longitude: -79.8374°W
History:
The original St. John the Evangelist Church was built in 1834 and was located on the south-west corner of Lockton. The Church building was constructed of logs and later is thought to have burned. Due to the growth of the Catholic community in the area, a second church was built on the present location between 1845 and 1847.
Five acres of land was given for the new location by Michael Dwyer on the stipulation that all cemetery lots were to be free. The frame church was built in the Gothic Style.
The third and present building was built between 1897 and 1904. It was officially opened on May 15, 1902, by Archbishop Dennis O’Connor of Toronto. The building was designed by Arthur W. Holmes of Toronto in the English Gothic Style and built at a cost of some $8,000.
In the early days, the parish was served by Catholic Missionaries and later by the pastors of Wildfield. In 1867, St. John the Evangelist became part of the newly-created Caledon-Albion parish, with Fr. Francis McSpirit as the first pastor. In 1908, St. John the Evangelist becomes the headquarters of the Caledon-Albion parish with Fr. James Minehan as pastor. Later, Caledon was attached to the Parish of Orangeville leaving St. John the Evangelist as the parish church.
The foregoing history is from A Pictorial History of the Present Saint John the Evangelist Church, Albion, on the Occasion of its 75th Anniversary, 1901-1976, compiled by the Albion Historical Committee and Fr. Edward Jackman.
Ronald H. Hibbert
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