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Pastor and and enlarged St St Jeseph’s in 1903 Fr Eugene Richard Murphy 1909-1925 who served Oxford and and and St St Michaels from Easton 1905- 1909- 1909- succeeded Fr Fr Fr Charles P McGoldrick 1904-1905 and and Fr Fr Fr James C C C Comiskey Fr Fr Fr Murphy died at at Emergency Hospital Easton at at the age of 45 on March 8 1925 1925-1936 & 1938-1969 - - - Easton was served by Rev Msgr Msgr Joseph H Irwin Irwin Pastor for 42 years During Msgr Msgr Irwin’s term Saints Peter and and Paul
Elementary and High
Schools were started in 1955
and and 1958 and and the Chapel of St St Michaels Michaels in in St St Michaels Michaels was completed in in 1969 (from 1964 until 1967 Mass
was held at at St Michaels Firehouse 1967-1969 at at Christ Episcopal Church in St St Michaels) In the the early 1990s the the elementary school school was was doubled in in size and a a a a a a new high school building was erected In 1998 property was secured for a a a new church in Easton Father Robert E Coine was pastor pastor from 1999 to to to to 2014 During his his pastorate many renovations and and construction of of of a a a a a a a a a a a a new church church took place This included complete renovation renovation of of of the the mission churches of of of St St Joseph’s and and and St St St St Michael’s many upgrades and and and additions to both schools the the sale
of Sts Sts Peter Peter and and and Paul
Paul
Church on on Goldsborough Street ground- breaking for the new Sts Sts Peter Peter and and and Paul
Paul
church in in June
2003 with dedication on on on on November 20 20 20 2005 and and construction of a a a a new rectory Father Coine retired
in 2014