St Mary's Church is a

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, Birmingham. It is situated on Vivian Road next to St Mary's Primary School. It was founded by the

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in 1875 and is currently served by the

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. Warwickshire, Nikolaus Pevsner

History

The first congregation was formed by the

who worshipped in a disused Methodist Chapel on

High Street from 1870. Building work started on the current St Mary's Church, in Vivian Road, on 8 September 1875 and it opened on 6 February 1877. It had long been felt that the old house at the rear, Harborne Lodge, was too confined and inconvenient for a religious community. Accordingly, a new Retreat was planned, linking up the original house with the present church. With impressive ceremonial the new building was blessed and opened towards the end of May 1911 by the

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Edward Ilsley Archbishop Edward Ilsley was born in May 1838. He was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Birmingham from 1888 to 1911, and then the first Archbishop of Birmingham from 1911 to 1921 when his resignation was accepted by the Pope. He died in 1926. Career ...

Interior

St Mary's Church interior, Harborne.jpg, Interior St Mary's Church lady shrine, Harborne.jpg, Shrine to St Mary

References

External links

St Mary's Parish website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harborne, Saint Mary Roman Catholic churches in Birmingham, West Midlands Roman Catholic churches completed in 1877 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United Kingdom

Saint Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...

Augustinian churches in the United Kingdom 1870 establishments in England