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Church in Birmingham, England
St Anne's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church on Alcester Street in Digbeth , part of the city centre of Birmingham . It was founded by Saint John Henry Newman in 1849. It was moved to a new building in 1884 designed by London architects Albert Vicars and John O'Neill,[2] who also designed St Hugh's Church in Lincoln, and helped design St Peter's Cathedral in Belfast .
The building is Grade II listed .[3]
History [ edit ]
South side of the church and parish centre
Foundation [ edit ]
In 1847, John Henry Newman came back from Rome to Birmingham after getting permission from Pope Pius IX to create an Oratory of Saint Philip Neri in England. In 1849, he had gathered a group of followers and they initially founded the church in an old gin distillery in Deritend . The area contained poor housing, with many back-to-back rows of houses, intermixed with industry and suffering the social conditions that the country sought to remove decades later. The nature of the housing meant that it was mainly occupied by migrants, in this case workers from Ireland.[2]
In 1852, Newman took his community to Edgbaston in Birmingham when construction of the Birmingham Oratory was completed. St Anne's Church continued, and was administered by the Archdiocese of Birmingham and is a part of it since then.[4]
Construction [ edit ]
The Irish community continued to increase in Birmingham and Catholic churches were built to accommodate the expanding congregations. St Catherine of Siena Church was built on the Horse Fair in 1874 and St Francis of Assisi church was built in Handsworth in 1894.[2]
In 1859, Fr John P. Dowling became the new parish priest. He provided the land upon which the church stands. In 1884, a new St Anne's church was built on Alcester Street, designed by the London architectural firm Vicars and O'Neill.[2] It was opened by Cardinal Manning . The former distillery that John Henry Newman turned into a church became a school.[5]
J. R. R. Tolkien worshipped at the church when he lived in Moseley and converted to Roman Catholicism in 1900.[2] [6]
Administration [ edit ]
In 1903, Canon Villiers replaced Fr Dowling. When he died on 19 October 1938, the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) took over administration of the church. They became involved after their provincial, Fr Michael Ryan OMI, met the Archbishop of Birmingham , Thomas Williams and said that the Oblates were interested in moving into the archdiocese if a parish was available for them to work in. After Canon Villiers died, a vacancy appeared and they served St Anne's Church.[5]
In 2010, the Oblates handed the church back to the Archdiocese of Birmingham who continue to serve the parish.[5]
In 1952, the first Birmingham St Patrick's Day Parade was held. It goes right through the centre of the parish, along Deritend High Street and up to Digbeth. It happens on the Sunday before 17 March and it is the world's largest St Patrick's Day Parade after New York City and Dublin . The crowds reach as high as 80,000 spectators and there are up to 40 floats, groups and bands in the parade.[2] [7]
The church has a close relationship with the nearby St Anne's Primary School, whose mission statement says that, "At Saint Anne's we look to Jesus as our guide as we pray and learn, so that we can grow as friends together. Each one of us is special and we accept and respect one another as children of God.'[8]
The church has three Sunday Masses every week. There is a Vigil Mass at 1:00 pm on Saturday, and Masses at 11:00 am and 6:30 pm on Sunday.[9]
List of parish priests [ edit ]
The priests in charge of the parish were:[5]
1849 (1849 ) – 1852 (1852 ) : Fr John Henry Newman
1852 (1852 ) – 1859 (1859 ) : Fr J. Wise and Fr T. More
1859 (1859 ) – 1903 (1903 ) : Fr John P Dowling
1903 (1903 ) – 1938 (1938 ) : Very Rev Canon Villiers
1938 (1938 ) – 1942 (1942 ) : Fr P Danagher OMI
1942 (1942 ) – 1952 (1952 ) : Fr E Kenny OMI
1953 (1953 ) – 1959 (1959 ) : Fr M Bagnall OMI
1959 (1959 ) – 1965 (1965 ) : Fr D Bagnall OMI
1965 (1965 ) – 1971 (1971 ) : Fr M Buckley OMI
1971 (1971 ) – 1975 (1975 ) : Fr P Dillon OMI
1975 (1975 ) – 1979 (1979 ) : Fr E McSherry OMI
1979 (1979 ) – 1985 (1985 ) : Fr H Bromley OMI
1985 (1985 ) – 1987 (1987 ) : Fr P Sheridan OMI
1987 (1987 ) – 1990 (1990 ) : Fr S Hynes OMI
1990 (1990 ) – 1993 (1993 ) : Fr M Phelan OMI
1993 (1993 ) – 1997 (1997 ) : Fr E McMahon OMI
1997 (1997 ) – 1998 (1998 ) : Fr M Ryan OMI
1998 (1998 ) – 2004 (2004 ) : Fr C Murphy OMI
2004 (2004 ) – 2007 (2007 ) : Fr K Thorson OMI
2007 (2007 ) – 2008 (2008 ) : Fr M Ryan OMI
2008 (2008 ) – 2010 (2010 ) : Fr C Murphy OMI
2010 (2010 ) : Present Very Rev Mgr P Browne
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ a b c d e f The Irish Quarter from William Dargue: A History of Birmingham, Places and Placenames retrieved 16 September 2013
^ Historic England . "Roman Catholic Church of St Anne (1473053)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 April 2021 .
^ "St Anne's Catholic Church, Birmingham" . St Anne's Catholic Church, Birmingham . Retrieved 13 July 2023 .
^ a b c d Parish history from St Anne's Birmingham retrieved 22 June 2014
^ Tolkien and the Oratory from Birmingham Oratory retrieved 17 September 2013
^ St Patrick's Birmingham retrieved 17 September 2013
^ Our Faith from St Anne's Catholic Primary School, retrieved 17 September 2013
^ Liturgy times from St Anne's Birmingham retrieved 22 June 2014
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