St Mary and St John Church, Wolverhampton

St Mary and St John Church
Ss. Mary & John Parish Church
Coordinates: 52°34′54″N 2°07′31″W / 52.5816°N 2.1253°W / 52.5816; -2.1253
OS grid reference SO9160698206
Location Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website SsMaryandJohn.co.uk
History
Dedication Our Lady and St John
Consecrated 1905
Architecture
Status Active
Functional status Parish church
Heritage designation Grade II* listed
Designated 16 July 1949[1]
Architect(s) Charles Hansom
Style Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking 1851
Completed 1880
Administration
Deanery Wolverhampton[2]
Archdiocese Birmingham
Province Birmingham

St Mary and St John Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It was opened in 1855 and designed by Charles Hansom. It is situated on the corner of Snow Hill and Ring Road St Georges. It is Grade II* listed building and has been served by the Pauline Fathers since 2002.[1]

History

Construction

It was built from 1851 in the Gothic Revival style. It was opened in 1855 and the architect was Charles Hansom.[1] He also designed St Osburg's Church, Coventry in 1845 and Erdington Abbey in 1848. After St Mary and St John Church he went on to be behind the construction of St Gregory's Church, Cheltenham in 1854, Plymouth Cathedral in 1856 and Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church, Stoke-on-Trent in 1857.

Developments

From 1879 to 1880, the church was enlarged. Charles Hansom was also responsible for the extension. Twenty-five years later, in 1905, the church was consecrated. The glass in the east end of the church was made by Hardman & Co. In 2002, the administration of the church was handed over to the Pauline Fathers, who have served the parish ever since.[1][3][4]

Parish

St Teresa's Church, also served by the Pauline Fathers

The Pauline Fathers of the parish also staff two other surrounding parishes. They serve St Teresa of the Infant Jesus Church in Wednesfield and St Patrick's Church in the east of Wolverhampton. St Teresa's Church was originally built in 1933. With the increasing congregation, a new larger church building had to be constructed. On 26 March 1967, the foundation stone was laid and on 7 December 1969, the new church was opened on the corner of Birmingham New Road and Dimmock Street. The old church building became a church hall.[5]

St Patrick's Parish was founded in 1865. The foundation stone of the original church was laid in 1866 and the architect was E. W. Pugin. In the 1960s, with the building of the ring road, the church was demolished and the current site on the corner of Wolverhampton Road and Coronation Road, next to New Cross Hospital was provided by the local council for construction of a new church building. The church was opened in 1972.[6]

St Mary and St Church has three Sunday Masses, they are at 6:30pm on Saturday and 10:00am and 11:30am on Sunday. St Teresa's Church and St Patrick's both have two Sunday Masses each. St Teresa's Church has Sunday Mass at 5:00pm on Saturday and 9:00am on Sunday. St Patrick's Church has its Sunday Masses at 9:30am and 6:30pm.[2]

Exterior

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Catholic Church of St Mary and St John, Wolverhampton from British Listed Buildings, retrieved 2 February 2016
  2. 1 2 Deaneries from Archdiocese of Birmingham, retrieved 2 February 2016
  3. ↑ Our Church from SsMaryandJohn.co.uk, retrieved 2 February 2016
  4. ↑ SsMaryandJohn.co.uk, retrieved 2 February 2016
  5. ↑ Our Church from STeresa.co.uk, retrieved 2 February 2016
  6. ↑ Our Church from StPatrickWV.co.uk, retrieved 2 February 2016

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