J.J. Wilson is the only one to make a reference to Clifton, and there may be some confusion with the nearby settlement of Marsden. He said: “Fr Colomb purchased a small house at Clifton, near Marsden, to make a chapel of it.

J.J. Wilson is the only one to make a reference to Clifton, and there may be some confusion with the nearby settlement of Marsden. He said: “Fr Colomb purchased a small house at Clifton, near Marsden, to make a chapel of it.


A senior priest of the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch and

Catholic churches were dotted around Christchurch by mid-20th century. But

Sisters of Mercy at St Patrick’s Church, Greymouth, 1982 Ten

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Building Committee, February 1905 (Edward

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