The Churches which have been built in Placentia through the years:

1660 and previous----built by the Portuguese and French .
1689 ----------------Francisan Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Angles
1786 ----------------Church built by Father Bourke
1787-1789 -----------St. Luke's Anglican Church was started in 1787 and finished by 1789
1829-1830 -----------Church built by Father Morrison. It was commenced in November 1829, and finished in 1830.
1878-1904 -----------The present church of the Sacred Heart Parish built by Father Clancy. The foundation stone was laid by Bishop Power in 1878, but active work did not begin until Father Clancy did it in 1886, and the building was ready for occupancy in 1889. It was completed and beautified by Rt. Rev. Monsignor Reardon in 1904


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