Parish history     


South Wight Parish Time Line


1866 Mission church in various locations in Ventnor

1871 First church of Our Lady and St Wilfrid built in Ventnor

1888 First church of the Sacred Heart in Shanklin

1894 Mission church in various premises in Sandown

1907 Chapel in Albert Lodge Sandown

1908 Second church of the Sacred Heart in Shanklin

1929 Present church of St Patrick’s built in Sandown

1943 The church of the Sacred Heart in Shanklin bombed.

1949 Third temporary church of the Sacred Heart in Shanklin

1957 Fourth and present church of the Sacred Heart built in Shanklin 

1969    St Joseph’s church in converted barn in Niton

2006 The church of Our Lady and St Wilfrid gutted by fire

2007       Final Mass (offered by Bishop Hollis) at St. Joseph's, Niton

2014 Second and present church of Our Lady and St Wilfrid built in Ventnor



                                                                           

Our Lady and St.Wilfrid's 1871-2006                        Sacred Heart 1908-1943                                       St.Patrick's 1929

       

                                                                      

                                                                        St. Joseph's Church Niton 1969-2007