March 3, 1868 Diocese of Grass Valley created
August 1, 1869 First Mass celebrated in home of Edward Mulroney by Fr. Charles Lynch
1886 Diocese of Sacramento created by Pope Leo XIII
June 5-6, 1870 First Catholic baptisms performed in the Honey Lake Valley
1881-1882 Fr. Thomas Nugent presiding
1883-1884 Fr. Patrick Kiely presiding
1884-1885 Fr. William Moloney
November 11, 1883 First Catholic marriage performed in Lassen county
May 18, 1892 William Caine donated land to the Catholic Church (currently Poulson Welding)
May 26, 1892 Work commences on foundation of new church building
June 26, 1898 Bishop Thomas Grace dedicated the Susanville Church as the Church of the Sacred Heart
May 1909 Ed Bantley purchases lot (Union and Nevada Sts.)
October 24, 1909 Fr. Horgan celebrates Mass at new location
December 17, 1911 New priest Fr. O’Reilly assigned to Sacred Heart
January 2, 1912 Sacred Heart Church celebrates its opening
October 9, 1922 Fr. Patrick McCarthy arrives as new priest of Sacred Heart
Rectory built in 1922 at 120 N. Union
July 1932 Fr. James O’ Flanagan assigned to Sacred Heart parish
1938-1966 Fr. Patrick Moran assigned to Sacred Heart
April 9, 1939 Fr. Moran announces campaign to build a new church
September 4, 1948 Groundbreaking ceremony for new church
July 9, 1949 First Mass celebrated in new Church
May 21, 1950 Dedication of Sacred Heart church by Bishop Robert Armstrong
December 1953 Electronic Carillion bells installed
December 1958-1972 Assistant priests assigned to parish
1966- 1974 Fr. John Hannan presides after Fr. Moran’s passing
October 28,1967 Parish Hall dedicated to memory of Monsignor Moran
1974-1986 Fr. William Storan
1986-1992 Fr. Patrick O’Connor
1992-1998 Fr. Noel Lynch
1992-2004 Fr. Robert Brooks
2004-2011 Fr. Matthew Marankulam
2008-2011 Fr. Patrick Henry
June 24, 2012 Centennial Celebration of Sacred Heart Parish
2011-2016 Fr. Ambrose Ugwuegbu
2016- 2021 Fr. Arbel Cabasagan
2021- 2024 Fr. Arnold Parungao
July 2024- Fr. Manuel Rodriguez