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Good Samaritan Catholic Church, Ellijay, GA
TIMELINE (Taken from website information) March 10, 2019
 
October 1967                         Became a Mission in Temporary Space
1984-87 97                              97 N. Main St. First Mass Fr. Jorge Christiancho
8/4/87                                      Fr. Steve Yander
1990                                        Fr. Foley – Sailors Drive
2/96                                         Fr. Doyle – Sailors Drive
2/27/96                                    Purchased Methodist Church. 55 Church St. and dedicated Archbishop Donoghue –      Fr. Chris Williamson – Pastor St. Anthony and GS Mission
5/11/06                                    Fr. Randy Mattox became Parish Administrator of Mission.
2/1/08                                      Archbishop Wilton Gregory announces GS a Parish and first Pastor Fr. Randy Mattox      Parish dedicated to Divine Mercy of Jesus and St. Faustina                                                             Kowalska.
2/24/08                                    Archbishop Wilton Gregory installs Fr. Randy Mattox as Pastor                                                       and blesses the Altar
Approximately
12/25/10                                  Renovation of Church completed  
                                                First Class relic placed in the Altar -St. Therese of Liseux (St. Therese of the Child Jesus) (donated by Patti Jugenheimer, Parishioner)
7/2014                                     Fr. Carlos Vargas becomes Pastor.