St John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church is a Catholic parish located in the Portobello district of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, in the

Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh The Archdiocese of Saint Andrews & Edinburgh ( la, Archidioecesis Sancti Andreae et Edimburgensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Scotland. It is the metropolitan see of the province of Saint Andrews and Edinbu ...

. Its historic church is located at the junction of Brighton Place and Sandford Gardens. Its

parochial school A parochial school is a private primary or secondary school affiliated with a religious organization, and whose curriculum includes general religious education in addition to secular subjects, such as science, mathematics and language arts. The ...

, St. John's RC Primary School, is located at 18 Duddingston Road. From 2017 the many parishes in Edinburgh have been organised into clusters to better coordinate their resources. St John the Evangelist is one of three parishes in Cluster 2 along with St. Mary Magdalene and St. Teresa of Lisieux.

History

The church was completed in 1906. The building was designed by the architect JT Walford. The organ was rebuilt by Rushworth and Dreaper when it was moved from Hawick in 1961. It is a Category A listed building.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:John the Evangelist, Portobello, Saint Roman Catholic churches in Edinburgh Listed Roman Catholic churches in Scotland Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh Roman Catholic churches completed in 1906 1906 establishments in Scotland 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United Kingdom Listed churches in Edinburgh Neoclassical church buildings in Scotland