Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and St Cuthbert
52°08′13″N 0°27′46″W / 52.136979°N 0.462904°W / 52.136979; -0.462904
St Cuthbert's Church | |
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Polish Church of Sacred Heart of Jesus & St Cuthbert | |
Country | England |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Churchmanship | Polish |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Dedication | Sacred Heart Cuthbert of Lindisfarne |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Groundbreaking | 1846 |
Administration | |
Province | Westminster |
Diocese | Northampton |
Deanery | St. Francis (Bedford) |
Clergy | |
Priest(s) | Rev. Grzegorz Aleksandrowicz |
The Polish Church of Sacred Heart of Jesus & St Cuthbert is a Roman Catholic Church serving the Polish community in Bedford, England. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
There have been religious buildings on the site since the eighth century, but the current church building was originally constructed as an Anglican church in 1846–7 in a neo-Norman style, and was known simply as St Cuthbert. The architect for the north and south aisles, which were added in 1865, was Francis Penrose.[2] The north transept porch was constructed in 1907. Declared redundant by the Church of England in 1974, the church was subsequently purchased by the Harpur Trust who presented it to the Polish population of Bedford, whereupon its name was changed.
Parish
In addition to serving the Polish community, the church also hosted a regular Tridentine Mass said by the priests of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter for a few years, but this later moved to other locations in the Diocese of Northampton before returning to another church in Bedford.
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- Bishops of Northampton
- I: William Wareing
- II: Francis Amherst
- III: Arthur Riddell
- IV: Frederick Keating
- V: Dudley Cary-Elwes
- VI: Laurence Youens
- VII: Leo Parker
- VIII: Charles Grant
- IX: Frank Thomas
- X: Patrick Leo McCartie
- XI: Kevin McDonald
- XII: Peter Doyle (Bishop Emeritus)
- XIII: David Oakley
- Churches
- Northampton Cathedral - Cathedral Church of Our Lady Immaculate and St Thomas of Canterbury
- Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and St Cuthbert, Bedford
- St Martin's Church, Brackley
- St Bernardine's Church, Buckingham
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church, Great Billing
- Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Luton
- St Ethelbert's Church, Slough
- Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, Wellingborough
- Patronal Feasts of the Diocese
- Our Lady of the Immaculate (8 December)
- Saint Thomas of Canterbury (29 December)
- Schools
- St Thomas More Catholic School, Bedford
- St Michael's Catholic School, High Wycombe
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School
- St Paul's Catholic School, Milton Keynes
- Notre Dame High School, Northampton
- Thomas Becket Catholic School
- St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School
- St Joseph's Catholic High School, Slough
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