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The Church of St Anthony of Padua, Oxford is a yellow
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-built Catholic church in suburb of Headington, east Oxford,
Oxfordshire Oxfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the north west of South East England. It is a mainly rural county, with its largest settlement being the city of Oxford. The county is a centre of research and development, primarily ...
, England. The church building is located in
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History

The church was built in 1960 and designed by Jennings, Homer & Lynch.
J.R.R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, ; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''. From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlins ...
was a parishioner here when he lived in
Sandfield Road Sandfield Road is a road in the suburb of Headington, Oxford, England. It is close to the John Radcliffe Hospital. It was home to author and academic J. R. R. Tolkien in the 1950s and 1960s. Notable residents Hugo Dyson, a member of the Oxford ...
nearby. He was also a benefactor and his Requiem Mass was held here on 6 September 1973.


See also

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