St Mary's Church, Clapham, officially Our Immaculate Lady of Victories, is a
Grade II*-listed Roman Catholic
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church
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on Clapham Park Road in
Clapham
Clapham () is a suburb in south west London, England, lying mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, but with some areas (most notably Clapham Common) extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth.
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,
South London
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,
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run by the London province of the
Redemptorist Congregation
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within the
Archdiocese of Southwark
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. The church is located on the corner of
Clapham Common
Clapham Common is a large triangular urban park in Clapham, south London, England. Originally common land for the parishes of Battersea and Clapham, it was converted to parkland under the terms of the Metropolitan Commons Act 1878. It is of gr ...
, near
Clapham Common tube station
Clapham Common is a London Underground station in Clapham within the London Borough of Lambeth. It is on the Northern line, between Clapham North and Clapham South stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 2.
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.
The current
Bishop of Hallam
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On 20 May 2014, the Right Reverend Ralph Heskett, C.Ss.R., was appointed the 3rd Bishop of Hallam by Pope Francis. Bishop Hes ...
,
Ralph Heskett
Ralph Heskett (born 3 March 1953, in Sunderland, England) is an English Roman Catholic prelate who has been the Bishop of Hallam since July 2014, having immediately before that been Bishop of Gibraltar from 2010 to 2014.
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, was parish priest at St Mary's between 1999 and 2008. The current parish priest of St Mary's is Fr Richard Reid CSsR.
Church building
Founded by Bishop (later
Cardinal
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)
Nicholas Wiseman
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, the foundation stone of the current church of St Mary's was laid in 1849. Designed in a
Gothic Revival
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style by
William Wardell
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, the building was completed during 1851 and blessed by Cardinal Wiseman on 14 May 1851. On 8 February 1979 the church was listed on the
National Heritage List for England
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.
See also
*
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School
References
External links
*
Official website of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, ClaphamOfficial website of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Clapham
Mary
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Churches in the Diocese of Southwark
Clapham
Redemptorist churches in the United Kingdom
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1851
Clapham
Clapham () is a suburb in south west London, England, lying mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, but with some areas (most notably Clapham Common) extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth.
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Early history
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Clapham
Clapham () is a suburb in south west London, England, lying mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, but with some areas (most notably Clapham Common) extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth.
History
Early history
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