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St Thomas's Church is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Leeds. It is situated in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England and is a Grade II* listed building. The church was designed by Sir
George Gilbert Scott Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), known as Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic Revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he started ...
and built between 1857 and 1859. It was consecrated in 1859 and celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2009.


Tradition

St Thomas's stands in the Modern Catholic tradition of the Church of England. As the parish rejects the
ordination of women The ordination of women to ministerial or priestly office is an increasingly common practice among some contemporary major religious groups. It remains a controversial issue in certain Christian traditions and most denominations in which "ordina ...
, it receives alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Wakefield (currently Tony Robinson).


See also

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Listed buildings in Huddersfield (Newsome Ward - outer areas) Newsome is a ward of Huddersfield in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It contains over 430 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, t ...


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* Buildings and structures in Huddersfield Grade II* listed churches in West Yorkshire Huddersfield George Gilbert Scott buildings Huddersfield, St Thomas 1859 establishments in England Anglo-Catholic church buildings in West Yorkshire Anglo-Catholic churches in England receiving AEO {{England-church-stub