Dunganville was known as Māori Creek until 1875. A chapel, probably not dedicated, was built there. A church is mentioned in the 1892 parish returns.
The only other reference to it says: “The Catholic Church was built on a hill overlooking the township and below it was the Protestant [Wesleyan] Church”
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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