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1960-1969
Date Event
1960
Parish of Boyup Brook established from Bridgetown parish, Fr W Costello PP
September 1960
Opening of Star of the Sea Church, Esperance
October 1st, 1960
Franciscan Friars take pastoral care of the Parish of Collie, until 2000
November 22nd, 1960
Canonical Erection of the Parish of Espernace by Bishop Goody
February 1961
Presentation Sisters re opened the Mandurah school in the church with 40 pupils
July 15th, 1961
Ordination of Fr Pat Rooney at St Joseph's Church Manjimup by Bishop Goody
August, 1961  First Bushies Schools in Esperance at Fresh Air League Camp
December, 1961
Sister of Mercy announce their withdrawal from Esperance. Parish undertook to buy the convent, and convert it into flats
August 10th, 1962
Dr Goody consecrated St Patrick's Church Katanning, first church in Bunbury Diocese and only second in all WA
September 12th, 1962
Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Myles McKeon as Auxillary Bishop of Perth
October-December 1962
Participation of Bishop Goody at the Second Council of the Vatican in Rome
February, 1963 Mandurah school moved from the church school to a cottage on the nuns' holiday home site, lasting there until 1967 before closing
March 31st, 1963
Official Blessing and Opening of the Church of the Holy Cross, Salmon Gums
May 26th, 1963
Official Blessing and Opening of Our Lady of the Way
June 27th, 1964 Ordination of Fr Leon Russell at St Mary's Cathedral, Perth by Bishop Goody for Bunbury Diocese
1964 Opening of St Vincent's Hospital Bunbury for the chronic sick, opeated by the Daughters of Charity
July 10th, 1965
Ordination in Katanning parish school of Fr John Bonato SM
July 9th, 1966
Ordinations of Fr Russell Hardiman and Fr Paul Merks, Centennial Oval Hall, Albany
July 10th, 1966
First Mass, St Joseph's Church Albany
January 29th, 1967
Opening of Villa Maria Homes in Busselton by Bishop Goody, initiated by Jack and Maud Ray (formerly of Kalgarin) with Mons. C Cunningham
February 12th, 1967
Official Opening and blessing of St Joseph's Convent Esperance when Sr Carla and Sr Stephanie of the Brown Josephites take up residence
May 19th, 1968
Blessing and opening of the Church of the Holy Family, Coombalbidgup
May 26th, 1968
Blessing and opening of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Condingup
June 28th, 1968  Death of Archbishop Prendiville of Perth
September 1968
Work began on a new church in Mandurah, designed by Architect Anthony O'Hara, and a presbytery on Pinjarra Roade enabled by Mr Biagio Paganoni
October 18th, 1968
Appointment of L J Goody as Archbishop of Perth to succeed Redmond Prendiville
December 21st, 1968
Enthronment of L J Goody as Archbishop of Perth
January 1st, 1969
New church of Our Lady's Assumption - blessed and opened by Archbishop Goody
April 26th, 1969
Opening by Hon D H O'Neil and blessing by Bishop McKeon of the Star of the Sea Lodge at Esperance
May 28th, 1969

Myle McKeon enthroned as second Bishop of Bunbury

Bishop McKeon granted permission to other Christians to use Our Lady Help of Christians Church at Muradup (Kojonup parish) for their worship centre

May 1969
New 'High School' classroom added to St Joseph's Waroona
August 27th, 1969
Episcopal ordination of Mst Rev Peter Quinn as Auxillary Bishop of Perth
September 13th, 1969
Ordination of Fr Hugh Galloway in Albany
 
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