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St. Thomas the Apostle parish was created in 1924 from the areas of Riddrie, Lethamhill,Carntyne and Haghill in the north east of the city of Glasgow. The original church building is now used as the Parish hall, and the present Church was opened in 1957. In 1934 another church was built in south Carntyne dedicated to St. Bernadette. The parish of St. Bernadette was created as a separate parish in 1950.

In May 2008 over seventy parishioners travelled to Lourdes with parish priest, Canon Peter McBride, and pilgrims from Our Lady & St. George Parish to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Apparitions. During that visit a new Marian statue (The Virgin of Judea) was purchased and now stands in the plinthe at the Lady altar in St. Thomas' Church.

A memorial garden was created in the grounds of St. Thomas' in 2008 and a Memorial Cross in memory of all deceased parishioners and benefactors was blest on 31st August by Archbishop Mario Conti. The words inscribed on the memorial cross are:

"in memory of all former parishioners and benefactors of St. Thomas' Parish who have died since its foundation in 1924. Erected by present parishioners in their memory and in the expectation that one day they too will be remembered in prayer."

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