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The Our Lady of the Annunciation Church or more formally "Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation and the Martyrs of Japan" is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the town of St. Martin on the island of
Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...
a British Crown dependency, part of the Channel Islands.


Diocese of Portsmouth

The church follows the Roman or
Latin rite Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, are Catholic rites of public worship employed by the Latin Church, the largest particular church ''sui iuris'' of the Catholic Church, that originated in Europe where the Latin language once ...
and is under the administration of the Diocese of Portsmouth (''Dioecesis Portus Magni'') in the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
. Apart from religious services in English, Masses in Polish are also offered, due to the presence of members of that community in the territory. The current building was completed in 1863. The name of
Martyrs of Japan The were Christian missionaries and followers who were persecuted and executed, mostly during the Tokugawa shogunate period in the 17th century. More than 400 martyrs of Japan have been recognized with beatification by the Catholic Church, and 42 ...
is used as the church was blessed on her feast day. For its historical importance and in order to protect her, in 2007 it was included in the list of sites of special interest in Jersey. In 2008, a new porch was added.


See also

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Catholic Church in Jersey The Catholic Church in Jersey is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. History of the Catholic Church in Jersey Conversion in the 6th century Sometime between 535 and 545 Helier, who was to b ...
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Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, Amman Our Lady of the Annunciation Church or simply Church of Jabal Webdeh is a Catholic parish in Jabal al-Luweibdeh in the city of Amman. The parish is Roman (or Latin) rite, under the jurisdiction of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem (''Patriarcha ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Martin, Our Lady of the Annunciation Roman Catholic churches in Jersey Roman Catholic churches completed in 1863 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United Kingdom