St Pius X, Warrnambool West.
St Pius X Parish was established in 1970. Its first Parish Priest was Father P M Bohan and it was then the only totally urban parish in the Diocese of Ballarat. Previously, the area was part of St Joseph’s Parish, Warrnambool, as was St Pius X School which had opened in 1962. In 1984, thanks to the dedicated commitment of parishioners, St Pius X Church was erected at its current site on Morriss Road.
The neighbouring Parish of St John the Baptist at Dennington was also part of the Warrnambool Parish until 1965, when the late Father G G Payne became its first Parish Priest (his name is commemorated at Dennington’s G G Payne Reserve).
The Dennington Parish School, now at 263 Russell Street, was opened in 1920 in the former Church in Tylden Street. In 2021 the schools and churches of Warrnambool West and Dennington were incorporated into the Star of the Sea Parish, South-West Coast.
St Pius X Church is also home to the St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Perpetual Adoration Chapel located on the presbytery side of the Church. The Church is open on a Sunday 8am-11am.
