Ōnehunga Catholic Cemetery
Also known as Church of Our Lady of the Assumption Cemetery, Catholic Church of the Assumption Cemetery, St Mary of the Assumption Cemetery, St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, St Mary's Cemetery
Ōnehunga, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand
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Ōnehunga, Auckland Council, Auckland New ZealandCoordinates: -36.92244, 174.78846 - Cemetery ID:
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The Ōnehunga Catholic cemetery is one of two denominational cemeteries established in the historic fencible settlement of Ōnehunga in the late 1840s.
In 1847, the village became the first of four Royal New Zealand Fencible settlements established around the southern side of Auckland. A timber church known as St Mary's was erected on the south side of Church Street in 1851, opposite the Catholic burial ground consecrated in 1848. In May 1887, the Benedictine Bishop John Edmund Luck (1844-1896) an energetic organiser and builder, laid the foundation stone for a new church on the cemetery site opposite.
The large suburban church reflected Ōnehunga's strong Catholic population stemming from the Irish origins of a high proportion of the fencible settlers; and the town's importance as Auckland's second port.
(Above information courtesy of / copyright Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga)
The Ōnehunga Catholic cemetery is one of two denominational cemeteries established in the historic fencible settlement of Ōnehunga in the late 1840s.
In 1847, the village became the first of four Royal New Zealand Fencible settlements established around the southern side of Auckland. A timber church known as St Mary's was erected on the south side of Church Street in 1851, opposite the Catholic burial ground consecrated in 1848. In May 1887, the Benedictine Bishop John Edmund Luck (1844-1896) an energetic organiser and builder, laid the foundation stone for a new church on the cemetery site opposite.
The large suburban church reflected Ōnehunga's strong Catholic population stemming from the Irish origins of a high proportion of the fencible settlers; and the town's importance as Auckland's second port.
(Above information courtesy of / copyright Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga)
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