St Denis Church, Joondanna
| St Denis Church, Joondanna | |
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| 31°54′30″S 115°50′34″E / 31.9082°S 115.8428°ECoordinates: 31°54′30″S 115°50′34″E / 31.9082°S 115.8428°E | |
| Location | Joondanna, Western Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Dedicated | 1968-08-25 |
| Relics held | Fragment of bone from Saint Peregrine Laziosi |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Architect(s) | Ernest Rossen |
| Years built | 1967 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 500 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | St Denis / Joondanna |
| Archdiocese | Perth |
| Clergy | |
| Priest(s) | Fr Peter Porteous OSM |
St Denis Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Perth suburb of Joondanna, Western Australia. The building was designed by Ernest Rossen, and is inspired by the Chapel du Ronchamp. It was built in 1967 and consecrated in 1968.
The church has a pipe organ. The instrument was originally built in 1957 for the chapel at St John of God Subiaco Hospital. That chapel was demolished in 1994 and the organ was removed and rebuilt at St Denis. It was damaged during a severe storm in 2010, but subsequently repaired.
In 2010/11 a five-year plan to renovate the church building commenced:
In 2014 the tabernacle was moved from its original location on the side of the sanctuary to directly behind the altar.
The parish of St Denis was created by Archbishop Redmond Prendiville in 1952 by separating it from the larger parish of Osborne Park; responsibility for the new parish was given to the Servite Order, which had recently arrived in Australia. The first parish priest was Fr Patrick Nolan. At the time, the new parish's church was a Quonset hut on Wanneroo Road in Tuart Hill, consecrated the previous year, which also acted as a school.
The parish was named after the third-century Christian martyr, Saint Denis.
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