Fr. Timothy McCarthy was the first priest in New England and the North Coast from 1853 and so was in effect the first pastor of Tamworth. In 1859 the first St Nicholas Church was blessed and opened.

The foundation stone at St Nicholas carries the year 1877, however the Church has had three major renovations since then. Our Church is built in the Gothic Revival style and has a symbolic emphasis on the “praying hands” of the arches, the warm, friendly, prayerful interior. St Mary’s Church and School were opened in 1939. And continues today to gather a strong community of faith.We have taken for our parish vision the description of the lifestyle of the first community of the baptised on Pentecost day in the Acts of the Apostles.