Established in 1903, the city of Aurora grew out of the mining locations and began to be built on the present site in 1905. The Catholic people of Aurora built a church in 1906 and were first served by a priest living in Eveleth. This community was officially incorporated as Holy Rosary Church on June 3, 1908. 

 On April 8, 1957, the church was destroyed by fire. Six months later construction began on the current church building which was completed in February 1959 and was dedicated by Bishop Lawrence Glenn on March 8, 1959. 

 In February-September 2015 we, merged with Queen of Peace, Hoyt Lakes and St. John’s, Biwabik to form Our Lady of Hope Parish. We are all members of the same parish, with one set of trustees, one Finance Council and one Pastoral Council. 

Mission Pastors  

 M. Bilban 1906-08 and 1916-17

 Francis Saloven 1911-13

 Joseph Polak 1913

 Patrick J. Pirnat 1913-1914

 Richard O'Gorman 1914-15

 Anton Leskovic 1916

 John Bigley 1917-18

 A. L. Dufresne 1918-19

 Joseph L. Quillien 1919

 John Jershe 1919-25

 Resident Pastors  

 Aloysius L. Pirnat 1908-11

 John Jershe 1927-30

 Timothy Culligan 1930-32

 Thaddeus McCarthy 1932-34

 Patrick S. Flynn 1934-46

 Andrew P. Crawford 1946-47

 Edmund Mockler 1947-49

 David Taylor 1949-52

 Mirko K. Godina 1952-59

 Innocent Koncnik* 1954-58

Steven Savinshek 1958-72

Alvin Yard* 1959-64

Cletus Pifher* 1964-66

Herbert Graf* 1966-67

John Dolsina 1972-87

John Sustarsic 1987-93

Peter Muhich 1993-96

Joseph Sirba 1996-03

 David Forsman 2003-07

 William Skarich 2007-08

 Richard Banker 2008-09

Keith Bertram 2009

Steven Daigle 2010-2016

Peter S. Lambert 2016-