Bath
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The Parish and the Diocese
Our Lady & St Alphege, Oldfield Lane St Joseph's, Sladebrook Road
The Parish
Parish Priest: Father Richard Barton
St Alphege's Presbytery
The Parish Church, dedicated to Our Lady & St Alphege, is at Oldfield Lane, Bath. Construction started in 1927 and the
church opened with
a ceremony of Solemn Blessing with Pontifical High Mass two years later. The architect was Giles Gilbert Scott who later described the church
as one of his favourite works. For details see
St Alphege's, the building With the building of the estates to the south and west of the parish after the Second World War, and the continued growth of
the Catholic
population, it was decided to build a second, smaller, church on the south western slopes of the parish. Initially the men of the parish
erected a hut church in Sladebrook Road, Southdown, which was used for Mass on Sundays and holy days for 14 years.
In 1969 the new church of St Joseph's was built upon the same site. The ceremony of Opening and Blessing was conducted by the Right Rev.
Joseph Rudderham. The church, of modern design, was designed to accomodate 200 people, and arranged with a shallow sanctuary and broad nave
so that nobody is more than 50 feet from the altar. A winged canopy is suspended above the altar, its dove-like form suggestive of the
presence of the Holy Spirit. See St Joseph's church St John's Catholic Primary School, which serves the Parish of St Alphege, is currently split between two sites - Key Stage Two
are at Pulteney Road in the centre of the city, whilst Key Stage One are in temporary buildings at St Alphege's, Oldfield Park.
Work on building a new school in the grounds of St Alphege's Church to accomodate all pupils is now moving rapidly towards completion.
This will entail demolition of the existing Parish Hall: a new Parish Hall has been built closer to
the church and handed over to the parish.
Clifton Diocese
Oldfield Lane
Oldfield Park
Bath
BA2 3NR
Telephone: 01225 424894 E-mail address:
stalpheges@googlemail.com
Our Lady & St Alphege
St Joseph's
Other Catholic Churches in Bath
St John the Evangelist, South Parade
St Mary (Our Lady Help of Christians), Julian Road
The Parish of Our Lady & St Alphege, Bath, which includes St Joseph's Church, Sladebrook Road, is part of the Catholic Diocese of Clifton.
The Diocese embraces 105 parishes spread throughout the former counties of Gloucestershire, Bristol, Somerset and Wiltshire.
The Bishop of Clifton is the Right Reverend Declan Lang. The Cathedral of St Peter & St Paul at Clifton Park, Bristol, was consecrated
in 1973, replacing the nineteenth century pro-cathedral.
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