St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Lanark

St Mary's Church
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church
55°40′20″N 3°46′23″W / 55.672268°N 3.773062°WCoordinates: 55°40′20″N 3°46′23″W / 55.672268°N 3.773062°W
Location	Lanark, South Lanarkshire
Country	Scotland
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Membership	1280[1]
Website	www.stmaryslanark.org.uk
History
Founded	1859
Architecture
Heritage designation	Category A Listed Building
Completed	1910
Administration
Parish	Lanark
Archdiocese	Glasgow
Diocese	Motherwell
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Joseph Toal[2]
Priest(s)	Reverend James Thomson[1]

St Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Lanark, South Lanarkshire.

In September 2011, the church's hall was destroyed by fire and had to be demolished.^[3] The building was a Category A listed building on Historic Scotland's register.^[4] The church building^[5] and presbytery^[6] are also Category A listed buildings, while the gates to the precinct^[7] and the Sisters of Charity convent,^[8] which form part of the St Mary's Church site, are Category C listed buildings.

References

1. "St Mary's Church". Diocese of Motherwell. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
2. "Pope Francis appoints new Bishop of Motherwell". Scottish Catholic Media Office. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
3. "Lanark church hall badly damaged in fire". BBC News. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
4. "St Mary's Church Hall, St Vincent Place". Listed Buildings. Historic Scotland. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
5. "St Mary's RC Church, St Vincent Place". Listed Buildings. Historic Scotland. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
6. "St Mary's Presbytery St Vincent Place". Listed Buildings. Historic Scotland. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
7. "Gates to St Mary's Precinct, St Vincent Place". Listed Buildings. Historic Scotland. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
8. "Sisters of Charity Convent, St Vincent Place". Listed Buildings. Historic Scotland. Retrieved 15 May 2014.