St Patrick's Church, Bolton

St Patrick's Church
St Patrick's Church
	53°34′35″N 2°25′38″W / 53.5765°N 2.4273°W
OS grid reference	SD7180108961
Location	Bolton, Greater Manchester
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	St Patrick's Church
History
Status	Active
Dedication	Saint Patrick
Architecture
Functional status	Parish church
Heritage designation	Grade II listed
Designated	30 April 1999
Architect(s)	Charles Holt
Style	Gothic Revival
Completed	17 March 1861
Administration
Province	Liverpool
Diocese	Salford
Deanery	Bolton
Parish	St Edmund and St Patrick

St Patrick's Church is a Roman Catholic Church in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It was built in 1861 and is a Gothic Revival style building. It is situated on the corner of Great Moor Street and Johnson Street, to the west of Bradshawgate in the centre of the town. It is a Grade II listed building.^[2]

History

Foundation

In 1794, the first Roman Catholic church in the Bolton area since the English Reformation was established.^[3] It was Ss Peter and Paul Church on Pilkington Street. It was built from 1798 to 1800 outside the town in a churchyard among fields. In 1853, in the school of Ss Peter and Paul Church, it was decided to build a church in the centre of the town, which would become St Patrick's Church. Ss Peter and Paul Church was later replaced by a church built from 1896 to 1897 on the same site, which cost £20,200. In 1990, Ss Peter and Paul Church was reordered and in 2010 it was closed.^[4]

Construction

From the meeting in 1853 to establish St Patrick's Church in Bolton, a site was later found on Great Moor Street and an architect, Charles Holt, was commissioned to build the church. On 17 March 1861, the church was opened. Originally, the school was founded around the same time and housed in a three-storey warehouse. In 1884, a purpose-built school was constructed on Dawes Street, close to Great Moor Street.^[2]

Developments

From 1907 to 1911, when a Fr John Burke was parish priest, a new high altar and the stained glass east window were installed. In 1946, the top of the spire was replaced. Afterwards, in the post-war period, the school was closed.^[2]

Parish

St Edmund's Church

St Patrick's Church is served from St Edmund's Church on St Edmund Street in Bolton. St Edmund's Church was also founded from Ss Peter and Paul Church.^[3] In August 1860, the foundation stone of St Edmund's Church was laid by the Bishop of Salford, William Turner on Grime Street (which was later renamed St Edmund Street). It was finished in 1861. Originally, it had the school situated on the lower storey of the church. In the early twentieth century, the school was relocated and the lower storey became the parish hall. In the 1960s, the hall was extended and the church was reordered.^[5]

Merger

In 2003, the parishes of Ss Peter and Paul, St Patrick and St Edmund were merged.^[6] In 2010, with the closure of Ss Peter and Paul Church, the parish became known as St Edmund and St Patrick.^[5]

St Patrick's Church has one Sunday Mass, it is at 11:30am. St Edmund's Church has one Sunday Mass at 10:00am^[7]

References

^ Roman Catholic Church of St Patrick with Attached Presbytery, Bolton from British Listed Buildings, retrieved 13 February 2016
^ ^a ^b ^c Bolton - St Patrick from English Heritage, retrieved 13 February 2016
^ ^a ^b Churches from Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society, retrieved 13 February 2016
^ Bolton - Ss Peter and Paul from English Heritage, retrieved 13 February 2016
^ ^a ^b Bolton - St Edmund from English Heritage, retrieved 13 February 2016
^ Shortage of priests forces closure of one of the oldest Roman Catholic churches in Bolton from Bolton News, 13 November 2009, retrieved 13 February 2016
^ Directory from Diocese of Salford, retrieved 13 February 2016

External links

St Patrick's Church, Bolton on Taking Stock - Catholic Churches of England and Wales
St Edmund and St Patrick's Catholic Parish, Bolton on Facebook

[list-1] Roman Catholic Church of St Patrick with Attached Presbytery, Bolton from British Listed Buildings, retrieved 13 February 2016

[stock1-2] Bolton - St Patrick from English Heritage, retrieved 13 February 2016

[mlfhs-3] Churches from Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society, retrieved 13 February 2016

[4] Bolton - Ss Peter and Paul from English Heritage, retrieved 13 February 2016

[stock2-5] Bolton - St Edmund from English Heritage, retrieved 13 February 2016

[6] Shortage of priests forces closure of one of the oldest Roman Catholic churches in Bolton from Bolton News, 13 November 2009, retrieved 13 February 2016

[7] Directory from Diocese of Salford, retrieved 13 February 2016

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v t e Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, England
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Places of worship	All Souls Holy Trinity Church, Bolton Holy Trinity Church, Horwich St George's St James' St John the Evangelist's St Mary the Virgin's St Margaret's St Matthew's St Maxentius' St Patrick's St Peter's St Saviour's St Stephen and All Martyrs' St Thomas' Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
Education	Bolton College Bolton Muslim Girls' School Bolton St Catherine's Academy Bolton School Bolton Sixth Form College Bolton TIC Canon Slade School Darul Uloom Bolton Essa Academy Harper Green School Kearsley Academy Ladybridge High School Little Lever School Mount St Joseph School Rivington and Blackrod High School St James's Church of England High School St Joseph's RC High School Sharples School Smithills School Thornleigh Salesian College Turton School University Collegiate School University of Bolton Westhoughton High School
Transportation	Bolton bus station Bolton Interchange Blackrod railway station Daisy Hill railway station Farnworth railway station Horwich Parkway railway station Kearsley railway station Lostock railway station Moses Gate railway station Westhoughton railway station
Shopping complexes	Bolton Market Hall Middlebrook
Sport and entertainment	Bolton Arena Bolton Little Theatre Octagon Theatre Toughsheet Community Stadium
Bridges	Prestolee Aqueduct Ringley Old Bridge
Others	Barrow Bridge Queen's Park Royal Bolton Hospital
Demolished	Bolton Royal Infirmary Burnden Park Chequerbent railway station Chequerbent railway station (1831) Daubhill railway station Grundy Hill Horwich railway station Lostock Junction Mills Westhoughton Mill
Lists	List of schools in Bolton List of mills in Bolton
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v t e Diocese of Salford
Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford
Bishops of Salford I: William Turner II: Herbert Vaughan III: John Bilsborrow IV: Louis Casartelli V: Thomas Henshaw VI: Henry Marshall VII: George Beck VIII: Thomas Holland IX: Patrick Kelly X: Terence Brain (Bishop Emeritus) XI: John Arnold
Churches Salford Cathedral - Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist St Anne's Church, Blackburn Pleasington Priory St Patrick's Church, Bolton Church of St Mary of the Assumption, Burnley St Marie's Church, Bury St Michael and St John Church, Clitheroe St Mary's Church, Manchester (Hidden Gem) Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Manchester Manchester Oratory Gorton Monastery St Wilfrid's Church, Hulme Corpus Christi Priory Christ Church, Nelson Our Lady and St Joseph Church, Heywood Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Patrick Church, Oldham St John the Baptist Church, Rochdale St Peter's Church, Stonyhurst St Ann's, Stretford All Saints' Church, Urmston
Patronal Feasts of the Diocese Saint Joseph (19 March) Our Lady of Mount Carmel (16 July)
Schools Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Accrington St Damian's Roman Catholic Science College, Ashton-under-Lyne Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School, Bamber Bridge Our Lady and St John Catholic College, Blackburn St Mary's College, Blackburn Thornleigh Salesian College, Bolton Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, Burnley Holy Cross College, Bury St Gabriel's Roman Catholic High School, Bury Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School, Colne St Thomas More Roman Catholic College, Denton The Barlow Roman Catholic High School, Didsbury St Patrick's Roman Catholic High School, Eccles Mount St Joseph School, Farnworth Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College, Heywood St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School, Horwich St Cecilia's Roman Catholic High School, Longridge Loreto College, Manchester Our Lady's Roman Catholic High School, Manchester St Bede's College, Manchester St Matthew's Roman Catholic High School, Manchester St Peter's Roman Catholic High School, Manchester Xaverian College, Manchester Blessed John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, Oldham St Monica's High School, Prestwich All Saints' Catholic High School, Rawtenstall All Hallows Roman Catholic High School, Salford St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy, Stockport Stella Maris School, Stockport Stonyhurst College Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall St Antony's Roman Catholic School, Urmston St Ambrose Barlow Roman Catholic High School, Wardley
See also Apostolic Vicariate of the Lancashire District Wardley Hall St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Wardley John Vaughan Geoffrey Burke
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