From Historical Rutland: an illustrated history of Rutland, Vermont, from the granting of the charter in 1761 to 1911 by Rev. F. E. Davison, Rutland, Vt.: P.H. Brehmer, 1911, page 30:
St. Peter's Church
The history of the Catholic Church in Rutland begins with the advent of Rev. Father Daly, an Irish priest whose field of work extended from one end of the State to the other; there was no Catholic edifice in Rutland during Father Daly's time, and Mass was celebrated in the house of some devoted Catholic. In the early fifties, Father Jeremiah O'CalIaghan, another Irish missionary from Cork, Ireland, carried on the work begun by Father Daly. He died in 1861. The first Catholic Church in Rutland was built in 1856 on Meadow Street by the Rev. Father Oman, a French priest. The edifice was built of brick and continued in use by the Catholics of Rutland until 1869 when the Bishop thought it was time for the French Catholics to organize their own parish. The church property in Rutland is largely the result of the labors of the Rev. Charles Boylan, who died December, 1886.
The beautiful St. Peter's Church, St. Joseph's Convent, a five story brick edifice occupied by the Sisters of St. Joseph; St. Peter's Academy, a three-story brick structure on Meadow Street where the children of the Parish are taught by the Sisters of St. Joseph. The Loretto Home was erected by the Rev. Father Gaffney.
Rev. Father J. M. Brown is the present incumbant and carrying on the labors of the parish successfully.