St Mary of the Angels, Worthing

Church of St Mary of the Angels, Worthing
Church of St Mary of the Angels, Worthing
	The church from the northeast
	50°48′48″N 0°22′38″W / 50.8132°N 0.3773°W
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Saint Mary
Consecrated	1864
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	21 May 1976
Architect(s)	Henry Clutton ; Frederick Walters
Architectural type	Church
Style	French Gothic Revival
Completed	1864
Specifications
Spire height	76 feet (23 m)
Administration
Province	Southwark
Diocese	Arundel & Brighton
Deanery	Worthing
Clergy
Priest(s)	Fr Terry Martin

The Church of St Mary of the Angels, Worthing, is in Worthing, West Sussex, England. It is a Grade II listed building and the earliest of the four Roman Catholic churches in Worthing. It is an active Roman Catholic parish church in the diocese of Arundel & Brighton and the Worthing deanery.

History[edit]

The Church of St Mary of the Angels was opened by Thomas Grant, Roman Catholic bishop of Southwark, the first local Roman Catholic bishop since the Reformation.^{[citation needed]}

The church was built on land bought by Thomas Gaisford, owner of Offington Hall in Broadwater. Previously Gaisford had allowed the new chapel he had built at Offington Hall to be used by the public from 1859. Gaisford had previously married the Catholic Lady Emily St Lawrence, daughter of Thomas St Lawrence, 3rd Earl of Howth and Lady Emily de Burgh. The church was the first place of Catholic worship in Worthing.^{[citation needed]}

The church was built with the Our Lady of Sion convent adjacent to the church. The convent is run by the Sisters of Sion, who also founded the nearby independent school Our Lady of Sion School. The church lies at the corner of Richmond Road and Crescent Road, close to the triumphal arch of Park Crescent.^[1]

Architecture[edit]

Originally designed by Henry Clutton in the style of French Gothic revival with an exterior built of red brick with Portland stone, the church was extended by Frederick Walters in 1897-1907 to include a baptistery and an extension to the porch and sacristy. The church contains a 76-foot-tall (23 m) bell tower with a miniature spire.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Extract of English Heritage report

External links[edit]

[English_Heritage-1] Extract of English Heritage report

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v t e Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
Bishops of Arundel and Brighton I: David Cashman II: Michael Bowen III: Cormac Murphy-O'Connor IV: Kieran Conry V: Richard Moth
Churches Arundel Cathedral - Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St Philip Howard St Peter's Church, Aldrington St Mary Magdalene's Church, Bexhill-on-Sea Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Bognor Regis St John the Baptist's Church, Brighton St Mary Magdalen's Church, Brighton St Joseph's Church, Brighton St Wilfrid's Church, Burgess Hill St Tarcisius Church, Camberley Sacred Heart Church, Caterham St Richard of Chichester Church, Chichester St Teresa of Avila Church, Chiddingfold Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony, Crawley St Joseph's Church, Dorking St Anthony and St George Church, Duncton Our Lady and St Peter's Church, East Grinstead Our Lady of Ransom Church, Eastbourne St John of Rochester Church, Egham Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Englefield Green St Joan of Arc's Church, Farnham St Edmund Church, Godalming English Martyrs Church, Goring-by-Sea St Wilfrid's Church, Hailsham Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Haslemere St Mary Star of the Sea Church, Hastings Corpus Christi Church, Henfield St John the Evangelist Church, Heron's Ghyll St Anselm Church, Hindhead Church of the Sacred Heart, Hove Church of Our Lady and St Peter, Leatherhead St Bernard's Church, Lingfield St Catherine's Church, Littlehampton Church of the Divine Motherhood and St Francis of Assisi, Midhurst All Saints Church, Oxted Sacred Heart Church, Petworth St George's Church, Polegate St Mary's Church, Preston Park St Anthony of Viareggio Church, Rose Green St Joseph Church, Rustington St Anthony of Padua Church, Rye Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation Church of St Thomas More, Seaford St Peter's Church, Shoreham-by-Sea St Richard of Chichester Church, Slindon Church of St Thomas of Canterbury and English Martyrs, St Leonards-on-Sea St Edward the Confessor Church, Sutton Park Our Lady Immaculate and St Philip Neri Church, Uckfield St Ambrose Church, Warlingham St Dunstan's Church, Woking St Mary of the Angels, Worthing
Patronal Feasts of the Diocese Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (15 August) St Philip Howard (19 October)
Schools Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Hove Mayfield School, East Sussex Notre Dame School, Surrey Our Lady of Sion School St Andrew's Catholic School St Bede's School St Dominic's School St George's College, Weybridge St John's Beaumont School St John the Baptist School, Woking St Oscar Romero Catholic School St Paul's Catholic College, Burgess Hill St Peter's Catholic School, Guildford St Philip Howard Catholic High School St Richard's Catholic College St Teresa's School Effingham St Wilfrid's Catholic School, Crawley Salesian School, Chertsey Towers Convent School Woldingham School Worth School
See also: St John's Seminary, Wonersh Our Lady of England Priory, Storrington St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster Worth Abbey Apostolic Vicariate of the London District
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