Our History

The Birth of St. Timothy Parish

The time had come for a new parish.  Boone County was growing, as was St. Paul Parish in Florence.  In 1988, at the request of Bishop William Hughes, St. Paul’s Formation Committee considered the need for a new parish.  It recommended to the Diocese of Covington that one be formed and that it be located on the Resurrection Cemetery property at U.S. 42 and Frogtown Road.  In January of 1989, Bishop Hughes turned that recommendation into reality, announcing a new parish for the Union area.

Most of the founders would come from St. Paul Parish, and so the members-to-be chose to name the new parish St. Timothy after Saint Paul’s close companion.  For the next several months, the parishioners celebrated Saturday evening Mass at the Union Presbyterian Church and at Camp Ernst. 

PATRON SAINT

Son of a Greek gentile and a Jewish mother, Timothy was converted to Christianity by Paul the Apostle around 47AD. During the 15 years he worked with Paul, Timothy became one of his most faithful and trusted companions. He was the recipient of two canonical letters from Paul and became the first bishop in Ephesus. Timothy was martyred in 97AD. In the 4th century, the relics of Timothy were transferred to Constantinople and placed in the church of the Holy Apostles near the tombs of St Andrew and St Luke. Timothy is the patron invoked against stomach ailments.