St Margaret Mary RC Parish

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Our History

Phone: 01228 522137

E-mail: stmmrcparish@btinternet.com

The parish was founded during a period of rapid expansion of the city when the need for an additional parish in the city was evident. 

Work began on the building of the Parish Hall/Church in the spring of 1933 under the direction of the Architect Mr F.A. Coyle of Newcastle at a cost of seventeen hundred pounds with the foundation stone being placed in the nearly finished building that autumn.

The first Bishop of Lancaster, Thomas Wulstan Pearson OSB, DD, carried out the blessing in this, the Parish's first building on the Blackwell Road site

The first Parish Priest of St Margaret Mary’s was Father James Parkinson and since then there have been 9 Priests and 18 Assistant Priests.  The current Parish Priest at St Margaret Mary’s is Fr John Walsh, who celebrated 25 years as a priest in 2007.

If you would like to read more about the history of our church, download our book “The Parish of St Margaret Mary 1933 to 1998“

 

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The old church/church hall of 1933, replaced in 1962 by the church we worship in today.