 The first Parish Priest, Fr Peter Higgins was appointed in 1953, coming from St Ninian's, where he had been a curate.The current church was meant to be a "temporary construction" (originally envisioned as the church hall), and post wartime a purpose-built church would be designed once resources were more plentiful.These plans never came to fruition, although building work did take place around the church in the form of a wall and an extension to the Priory to allow for visitors.