John Hawes

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John Hawes
Religion Church of England
Roman Catholic
Personal
Nationality British
Born (1876-09-07)7 September 1876
Richmond, England
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Miami, Florida
Senior posting
Title Monsignor
Period in office 1903-1956

Right Reverend Monsignor John Cyril Hawes (7 September 1876–26 June 1956) was an architect and priest. Hawes was known for designing and constructing church buildings in England, Western Australia and The Bahamas. He served as a priest in the Church of England before converting to Roman Catholicism and received ordination as a Catholic priest. He was later named a Domestic Prelate by Pope Pius XI and given the title "monsignor". After retiring he lived as a hermit in The Bahamas, becoming known more commonly as Father Jerome.

Early life

Hawes was born in Richmond, Surrey to Edward, a solicitor, and Amelia Hawes. He attended school in Brighton and Canterbury. After leaving school he began training as an architect in London in 1893 with architects Edmeston and Gabriel. He also received formal architectural education at the Architectural Association School as well as the Central School of Arts and Craft.[1]

In 1897 he began practising as an architect, designing houses at Bognor. After winning a design competition, Hawes was commissioned to build his first church in Gunnerton in 1899.[1]

After studying at Lincoln Theological College he was ordained as a Church of England priest in 1903. After stints at Clerkenwell and Caldy Island he was posted to a mission in The Bahamas. In 1910 he designed St Paul's Church in Clarence Town on Long Island.[1]

In 1911 he left The Bahamas for the United States where he converted to Roman Catholicism. After leading a nomadic existence in Canada and the United States for several years, including working as a labourer and as a railway teamster, he began studying for the priesthood in Rome. He was ordained a Catholic priest in Rome on 27 February 1915, after which he was sent to Geraldton, Western Australia where he worked as a priest, architect and builder.[1]

In May 1939, Monsignor Hawes sailed from Fremantle, returning to The Bahamas, officially on a pilgrimage. He designed and built the Mount Alvernia Hermitage on Como Hill at Cat Island, which became his home. Along with this hermitage, he also designed five churches in the Bahamas as well as a second church at Clarence Town, St Peter's.[2][3][4]

He died on 26 June 1956 in Miami, Florida, aged 79 and at his own request was buried in a cave located beneath the hermitage at Cat Island.[1][5]

Architecture Work

File:The Hermitage, Cat Island, Bahamas.jpg
The Hermitage on the top of Mt. Alvernia, Cat Island, Bahamas

Monsignor Hawes' architectural work in the Mid West region of Western Australia was prolific. He was appointed Diocesan Architect and designed:

  • The Cathedral of St Francis Xavier, a Spanish Mission style cathedral in Geraldton. The completed building was officially opened in 1938
  • Nazareth House in Geraldton
  • The Cemetery Chapel of the Holy Spirit in Geraldton
  • The Hermitage in Geraldton
  • The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and adjoining priest house in Mullewa[6]
  • Churches for many agricultural towns in the region; including Morawa, Perenjori, Yalgoo and Northampton
  • Only two private residences were designed - one being the homestead for Melangata Station north of Yalgoo, the other could be the White Tower in Bognor Regis, UK, built as a holiday residence for him and his brothers with a single bedroom on each floor and a parlour.
  • Images of some of Hawes's buildings in the Mid West of Western Australia
  • Geraldton Cathedral.jpg

    Geraldton Cathedral

  • Geraldton Catedral, nave.jpg

    Geraldton Cathedral, nave

  • The Church, front.jpg

    The Church, Mullewa

  • West front of the Church of Our Lady in Ara Coeli.jpg

    The Church of Our Lady in Ara Coeli, Northampton

  • Convent of St Hyacinth,Yalgoo, Mgr Hawes 1922 side view.jpg

    Convent of St Hyacinth,Yalgoo, Mgr Hawes 1922 side view

The Monsignor Hawes Heritage Trail is a tourist route which visits many of these buildings, some of which he also built.[7]

He also designed the Anglican Church of S. Christopher, in Gunnerton a small village in the North Tyne valley, Northumberland.[8] The building has recently been restored and now boasts a fine stained glass window by William Tillyer in the west end.

References

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Further reading

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  • Evans, A. G. The conscious stone : a biography of John C. Hawes Melbourne : Polding Press, 1984. ISBN 0-85884-376-5 (pbk.)
  • Taylor, John Between devotion and design : the architecture of John Cyril Hawes 1876-1956 Nedlands, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 2000. ISBN 1-876268-16-6
  • Peter Anson The Hermit of Cat Island London: Burnes & Oates, 1958.
  • Marshall, Steve The Builder Priest: The Buildings of Monsignor John Hawes in Western Australia : via Blurb 2012. ISBN 978 0 646 58350 1 (hbk)

See also

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