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St Anne's Church, Glasgow

Coordinates: 55°51′21″N 4°13′06″W / 55.855742°N 4.218421°W / 55.855742; -4.218421
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St Anne's Church
St Anne's Church is located in Central Glasgow
St Anne's Church
St Anne's Church
Location in Glasgow
55°51′21″N 4°13′06″W / 55.855742°N 4.218421°W / 55.855742; -4.218421
LocationDennistoun, Glasgow
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
StatusParish church
DedicationSaint Anne
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationCategory A listed
Designated27 November 1979[1]
Architect(s)Jack Coia
StyleRomanesque, Byzantine
Groundbreaking1932
Completed1933
Administration
ProvinceGlasgow
ArchdioceseGlasgow
DeaneryCity East[2]
Clergy
ArchbishopMost Reverend Philip Tartaglia PhB STD
Priest in chargeRev Krzysztof Olejnik SChr
Priest(s)Rev Leszek Rygiewicz SChr

St Anne's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish Church in the Dennistoun area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated on Whitevale Street. It is a category A listed building.[1]

History

The church was first built in 1933. The architect was Jack Coia. He built the church in mixture of Romanesque and Byzantium styles.[3]

The church takes its cruciform shape from a series of semi-circular reinforced concrete portals converging on a central apex. Archbishop Mario Conti described St Anne's as the "Jewel of the Archdiocese".[4]

Parish

The church has four Sunday Masses they are at 6:00pm on Saturday and 10:00am, 11:30am and 6:00pm on Sunday. There are also weekday Masses at 9:30am.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 17-19 Whitevale Street, St Anne's Church, Glasgow from British listed buildings, retrieved 7 November 2017
  2. ^ Parishes from Archdiocese of Glasgow, retrieved 4 June 2016
  3. ^ St Anne's Church, Glasgow from British Listed Buildings, retrieved 7 November 2017
  4. ^ ScotCities website, Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  5. ^ Archdiocese of Glasgow website, Retrieved 8 November 2017.