article_snippet: On Monday, heritage-listed St James Catholic Church in Brighton was mostly destroyed by fire and St Mary's Catholic Church in St Kilda was found with a small amount fire damage to a door.
article_snippet: St James church in Brighton is described as a 'a fine complex of Roman Catholic church' on ' St James church in Brighton heritage-listed page .
article_snippet: St James church in Brighton was built in 1891 and the Parish of St James was established a year later.
article_snippet: The Victorian Heritage Database website said ' St James church in Brightonstands on a site which has great importance in the early history of Catholicism in Victoria as the place where the mission to Brighton was established circa 1854'.