Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda
Saint Joseph's Church is located on Somerset Road in Somerset
Pastor: Father Joseph Morley
Telephone#:234-2321
Sunday Mass: 10:15 AM
Saturday Evening: 5:45 PM
Daily: Tuesday through Friday 8:30 AM
Baptisms: By appointment
Confessions: Anytime by appointment
On December 8, 2004 Joseph Morley was ordained as priest for the Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda. Father Joseph was the first Bermudian to be ordained as a diocesan priest. Father Joe graduated from Mount Saint Agnes Academy here in Bermuda and studied in Florida and in Ontario before entering the John XXIII seminary to prepare for the priesthood.
St. Joseph’s is the oldest standing Catholic church in Bermuda. In 1928 Edward Crawley donated land, material and money for the building of St. Joseph’s because he wanted a church which was closer to where he lived than the Dockyard chapel or old St. Edward’s in Hamilton. A small Gothic structure, now somewhat obscured by later additions, the church was a memorial to members of the Crawley family. A plaque which still adorns the wall to the right of the original entrance to the church acknowledges their gift. After the closure of St. Edward’s in 1931, St. Joseph’s became and remains the oldest Catholic church in Bermuda.