Our Lady And St Joseph's Church, Carlisle
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Our Lady and St Joseph's Church, is a
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Carlisle, Cumbria Carlisle ( , ; from ) is a city in the Cumberland (unitary authority), Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. Carlisle's early history is marked by the establishment of a settlement called Luguvalium to serve castra, forts along Hadrian's ...
. The church is one of seven churches that make up the city and district parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Carlisle. It was built from 1891 to 1893. It is situated on the junction of Warwick Road and Warwick Square in the centre of the city. The church is a Grade II listed building.Church of Our Lady and St Joseph, Carlisle
from British Listed Buildings, retrieved 27 December 2015


History


Foundation

In 1798, a Roman Catholic chapel was founded in Carlisle by the Fairburn Family on the West Walls. In 1800, a Catholic mission started, supported by the local community. The priest was Joseph Marshall. In the 1820s, with the Catholic population of the city increasing, plans were drawn up to build a church. From 1824 to 1825, one was built on Chapel Street. By the 1870s, this too became too small for the growing congregation, so in 1879, a larger church was planned.


Construction

The foundation stone was laid on 18 May 1891 and the church was opened in 1893. The site of the church, Warwick Square, was owned by the Duke of Devonshire. At the time, the cost of building the church came to £12,000. It was designed by Dunn, Hansom and Dunn. Archibald Matthias Dunn, his son Archibald Manuel Dunn and Edward Joseph Hansom also designed
Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and the English Martyrs, also known as the Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs (OLEM), is an English Catholic Church, Roman Catholic parish church located at the junction of Hills Road, Cambridge, H ...
in Cambridge.Carlisle - Our Lady and St Joseph
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, retrieved 27 December 2015


Parish

On 15 February 2014, Michael Campbell, Bishop of Lancaster, raised Our Lady and St Joseph's church to the status of a
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, by this he established a group of diocesan priests to live and work in community under the title of the Canons of St Ambrose and St Charles Borromeo. In 2016, the church's status reverted and is currently served by priests from the Diocese of Lancaster.Directory
from the Diocese of Lancaster, retrieved 27 December 2015
The church, together with
Our Lady and St Wilfrid's Church, Warwick Bridge Our Lady and St Wilfrid's Church is a Roman Catholic Church building, church designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, completed in 1841. The church was designed for the Sarum Rite, and contains an Easter Sepulchre.Masses on Sunday: 10:00am and 4:30pm.Parishes
from Diocese of Lancaster, retrieved 26 December 2015


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carlisle, Our Lady and Saint Joseph Grade II listed churches in Cumbria Roman Catholic churches in Cumbria Gothic Revival church buildings in England Gothic Revival architecture in Cumbria Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster 1893 establishments in England Roman Catholic churches completed in 1893 Our Lady and Saint Joseph 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United Kingdom