April 1864
Fr John Baron is appointed as first Catholic
chaplain to Wakefield Prison.
April 1881
Death of Mother Loretto of the Sisters
of Charity teaching at St. Austin's school. She is the first of the
nun's to be buried in a plot at Sugar Lane.
April 1930
First school plays are performed in St.
Austin's Hall.
9th May 1979
First Catholic Mass in the Cathedral since
Reformation
13th May 1913
First Whitsuntide procession in Wakefield
is organised by St. Austi's church.
27th May 1865
Death of Charles Waterton.
May 1858
Sisters of Charity of St Paul arrive in
Wakefield to take over the Education of the parish's children. |
