St Clare of Assisi, Middlesbrough

Roman Catholic Church in Middlesbrough, England

Church in Middlesbrough, England

St Clare of Assisi Church

54°31′48″N 1°14′53″W﻿ / ﻿54.530°N 1.248°W﻿ / 54.530; -1.248
Location| Middlesbrough
Country| England
Denomination| Roman Catholic
Website| Official website
History
Status| Church building
Dedication| Clare of Assisi
Architecture
Functional status| Active
Architect(s)| Thomas A. Crawford
Style| Modernist architecture
Groundbreaking| 1964
Completed| 11 February 1965
Administration
Province| Liverpool
Diocese| Middlesbrough
Deanery| Northern
Parish| St Francis

St Clare's, Middlesbrough is a Roman Catholic church in the Brookfield area of Middlesbrough, England. It was built in 1965 and is located close to the junction of the A19 and the A174.[1]

## History[edit]

### Construction[edit]

The Church of St Clare Of Assisi was built from 1964 to 1965. It was originally part of the parish of St Francis of Assisi. It cost £35,000 and was designed by Thomas A. Crawford. On 11 February 1965 it was opened by the coadjutor Bishop of Middlesbrough Gordon Wheeler.[2]

### Developments[edit]

The church is of a fairly large size and of a typical design for churches built in the 1960s. The church was re-ordered after the Second Vatican Council, resulting in the tabernacle being moved to a separate Blessed Sacrament chapel in the church.

## Parish[edit]

In 1967, the parish of St Francis of Assisi, centred in Acklam, Middlesbrough, was divided and St Clare's became a separate parish.[3] This was caused by the greatly increased quantity of housing built in the locality and the consequent increased population. In 2013, it reverted from being a parish church to being again within the parish of St Francis of Assisi. It has one Sunday Mass at 9 am.[4]

## See also[edit]

* Diocese of Middlesbrough

## References[edit]

1. ^ Diocese of Middlesbrough website: St Clare's parish
2. ^ Historic England, St Clare of Assisi Church, Brookfield from Taking Stock, retrieved 3 February 2022
3. ^ St Clare's parish website
4. ^ St Clare, Middlesbrough from Diocese of Middlesbrough, retrieved 7 February 2023

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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Diocese of Middlesbrough

Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough

* Bishops of Middlesbrough

* I: Richard Lacy
* II: Thomas Shine
* III: George Brunner
* IV: John McClean
* V: Augustine Harris
* VI: John Crowley (Bishop Emeritus)
* VII: Terry Drainey

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* Middlesbrough Cathedral \- Cathedral Church of St Mary

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* Sacred Heart Church, Middlesbrough
* St Clare of Assisi, Middlesbrough
* St Bernadette's, Nunthorpe
* St Joseph and St Francis Xavier Church, Richmond
* St Peter's Church, Scarborough
* Ss Mary and Romuald, Yarm
* English Martyrs Church, York
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* Patronal Feasts of the Diocese

* Our Lady of Perpetual Help (27 June)
* Saint Wilfrid (12 October)

* Schools

* Ampleforth College
* All Saints Roman Catholic School, York
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* St Augustine's Catholic School
* St Francis Xavier School, North Yorkshire
* St Mary's College, Hull
* St Patrick's Catholic College
* St Peter's Catholic College, South Bank
* Trinity Catholic College, Middlesbrough

* See also:

* Ampleforth Abbey
* Bar Convent
* More House
* Stanbrook Abbey
* Thicket Priory
* Diocese of Beverley

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