List of Roman Catholic churches in Leicester

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This is a list of Catholic churches in greater Leicester, in Leicestershire, England, which corresponds to the area of the Deanery of Leicester in terms of Catholic governance. The Deanery of Leicester falls under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham and covers the city of Leicester and its surroundings, including several communities within and without the city limits: Braunstone, New Parks, Aylestone, Eyres Monsell, Wigston, Netherhall, Rushey Mead, Beaumont Leys, Knighton, Oadby, Birstall, Rothley, Market Harborough, Husbands Bosworth, Earl Shilton, Hinckley, Market Bosworth, Lutterworth, and Narborough. [1]

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A deanery is a geographical group of parishes under the oversight of an appointed dean, which as of 2020 is the Rev. Mgr. John Hadley. [2]

Churches

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Holy Cross Priory Holy Cross Priory, Leicester.jpg Wellington Street
52°37′50″N1°07′49″W / 52.630648°N 1.130251°W / 52.630648; -1.130251 (Holy Cross Priory) 		Dominican priory established in 1882, re-establishing Dominican presence in Leicester, which had existed from 1247 to 1538. The Dominicans then established local parish churches of the area. The priory church was rebuilt during 1929-58. [3]
Immaculate Conception54 New Street, Oadby
52°36′03″N1°04′41″W / 52.600844°N 1.077994°W / 52.600844; -1.077994 (Immaculate Conception, Oadby) 		[4]
Most Blessed Sacrament Kosciol od strony parku.jpg Gooding Avenue, Braunstone
52°37′34″N1°10′24″W / 52.626157°N 1.173341°W / 52.626157; -1.173341 (Most Blessed Sacrament) 		Parish church located in Braunstone [5]
Mother of GodNew Parks Boulevard, New Parks
52°38′33″N1°10′57″W / 52.642455°N 1.182455°W / 52.642455; -1.182455 (Mother of God) 		Parish church serving the communities of New Parks and Glenfield [6] [7]
Our Lady of Good CounselGleneagles Avenue, Rushey Mead
52°39′41″N1°06′20″W / 52.661427°N 1.105495°W / 52.661427; -1.105495 (Our Lady of Good Counsel) 		A modernist church in shape and structure set in a suburban housing estate; built in 1975 based on design by Reynolds and Scott. [8] [9]
Our Lady of the RosaryArmadale Road, Netherhall
52°38′54″N1°03′38″W / 52.648294°N 1.060517°W / 52.648294; -1.060517 (Our Lady of the Rosary) 		Catholic parish serving Netherhall community [10]
Our Lady and St. GregoryStation Road, Market Bosworth
52°37′29″N1°24′27″W / 52.624819°N 1.407462°W / 52.624819; -1.407462 (Our Lady and St. Gregory, Market Bosworth) 		[11]
Our Lady of Victories1 Fairfield Road, Market Harborough
52°28′39″N0°55′29″W / 52.477530°N 0.924803°W / 52.477530; -0.924803 (Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church) 		1877 built, 1898 expanded. Named for 1571 Battle of Lepanto. [12]
Our Lady of Victories & St. Alphonsus28 Bitteswell Road, Lutterworth
52°27′30″N1°12′11″W / 52.458361°N 1.203011°W / 52.458361; -1.203011 (Our Lady of Victories & St. Alphonsus Catholic Church) 		[13]
Sacred Heart25 Mere Road, Leicester
52°38′20″N1°06′28″W / 52.638976°N 1.107759°W / 52.638976; -1.107759 (Sacred Heart) 		Catholic church and school; brick church structure with twin Romanesque towers, opened in December 1890. [14] [15] [16]
Sacred HeartMountsorrel Lane, Rothley 52°42′58″N1°08′17″W / 52.716112°N 1.138055°W / 52.716112; -1.138055 (Sacred Heart Catholic Church) [17]
St. Anne'sAbingdon Road
52°37′33″N1°06′54″W / 52.625928°N 1.114927°W / 52.625928; -1.114927 (St. Anne) 		Catholic church operated by the Society of Pius X [18]
St. Edward the Confessor633 Aylestone Road, Aylestone
52°36′21″N1°09′05″W / 52.605873°N 1.151432°W / 52.605873; -1.151432 (St. Edward the Confessor) 		[19]
St. Joseph's St Joseph, Leicester.jpg Uppingham Road
52°38′13″N1°04′22″W / 52.637070°N 1.072758°W / 52.637070; -1.072758 (St. Joseph's) 		Catholic parish established in 1938;current church built in 1968 [20]
St. Mary's (Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham) St Marys Catholic Church, Husbands Bosworth (geograph 4337128).jpg Theddingworth Rd., Husbands Bosworth
52°27′14″N1°03′01″W / 52.453831°N 1.050255°W / 52.453831; -1.050255 (St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Husbands Bosworth) 		Victorian architecture. In the park of Bosworth Hall; built in 1873 by Sir Francis Fortescue-Turville, owner of Bosworth Hall. [21] Still an operating church, and also a Grade II* listed building. [22] Compare to other Grade II* listings in the area. Church now in the care of the Ordinariate- https://husbandsbosworthcatholic.org.uk.
St. Mary's and St. John BoscoCountesthorpe Road, Wigston
Pasley Road, Eyres Monsell 		Catholic parish operating out of two churches (formerly two parishes) serving the communities of Wigston, Blaby, and Countesthorpe [23]
St. Patrick's Beaumont Leys Lane, Beaumont Leys
52°39′29″N1°08′31″W / 52.658°N 1.142°W / 52.658; -1.142 (St. Patrick's Catholic Church) 		Catholic parish dating to 1854; Romanesque-style church built in 1959 [24]
St. Peter's21 Hinckley Road
52°37′53″N1°08′55″W / 52.631294°N 1.148716°W / 52.631294; -1.148716 (St. Peter's) 		Originally the Mission of St. Peter's, placed under care of secular clergy in 1896 [25]
St. Peter'sLeicester Road, Hinckley
52°32′36″N1°21′56″W / 52.543460°N 1.365477°W / 52.543460; -1.365477 (St. Peter's Catholic Church, Hinckley) 		[26]
Ss. Peter and Paul7 Melton Street, Earl Shilton
52°34′29″N1°19′13″W / 52.574671°N 1.320357°W / 52.574671; -1.320357 (Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Earl Shilton) 		[27]
St. Pius X52 Leicester Road, Narborough
52°34′29″N1°12′01″W / 52.574738°N 1.200289°W / 52.574738; -1.200289 (St. Pius X, Narborough) 		Parish established in 1965 [28] [29]
St. Theresa's53 Front Street, Birstall
52°40′34″N1°07′06″W / 52.676019°N 1.118245°W / 52.676019; -1.118245 (St. Theresa's) 		[17]
St. Thomas More Saint Thomas More, Knighton, Leicester - geograph.org.uk - 455071.jpg Knighton Road, Knighton
52°36′42″N1°06′44″W / 52.611738°N 1.112084°W / 52.611738; -1.112084 (St. Thomas More, Knighton) 		Parish established in 1947; the church was designed and built during 1948-52. Designed in a stripped basilican style; its distinctive broad west tower is a local landmark. [30] [31]

The Roman Catholic church assisted in the creation of a Polish Catholic church located on Wakerley Road in Leicester. Its parish was established in 1948 and celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2018. [32] It was created to serve members of the Polish Armed Forces and their families in nearby military camps, and began with Dominican support by meeting within the Roman Catholic Holy Cross Priory. In the 1960s, with more than 4,000 parishioners, an effort to raise funds and secure a separate facility was undertaken, resulting in the parish assuming use of a former Methodist church on Melbourne Road. [33]

Former churches

Rothley Temple Templar Chapel at Rothley Court Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 1639714 (CROPPED).jpg
Rothley Temple

The chapel of Rothley Temple, built c.1240, associated with the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaller, survives as part of the Rothley Court Hotel in the village of Rothley.

Ruins of the Abbey of Saint Mary de Pratis, more commonly known as Leicester Abbey, survive, and are Grade I listed. [34] The abbey was an Augustinian religious house, founded in the 12th century by Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, and grew to become the wealthiest religious establishment within Leicestershire. Looted and destroyed in 1645 during the English Civil War.

There was a church named St. Michael's, of one of Leicester's oldest parishes, which was demolished by about 1450. "Very little is known" about the church. It was perhaps located near what is now Vine Street and Elbow Lane. This was in the northeast part of the medieval walled town, an area which is believed to have largely depopulated after devastation in the siege of 1173. [35]

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  1. ↑ "Parishes". Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham . Retrieved 12 April 2020. Source states incorrectly that Rushy Mead (a place in Essex) is one of its communities, when Rushey Mead (in Leicester) apparently meant.
  2. ↑ "Parishes". Diocese of Nottingham. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "The History of Our Parish". Holy Cross Priory. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Immaculate Conception, Oadby". Diocese of Nottingham. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Most Blessed Sacrament, Braunstone, Leicester". Diocese of Nottingham. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Home". Mother of God Roman Catholic Church. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "About Us". Mother of God Roman Catholic Church. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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  10. ↑ "Rosary Church Netherhall". Diocese of Nottingham. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  11. ↑ "Our Lady and St. Gregory, Market Bosworth". Diocese of Nottingham.
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  13. ↑ "Our Lady of Victories & St. Alphonsus Catholic Church: History".
  14. ↑ "Sacred Heart Church". Sacred Heart Voluntary Academy. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  15. ↑ "A New Catholic Church in Leicester". The Leicester Chronicle and Leicestershire Mercury. 25 October 1890. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "Opening of a New Roman Catholic Church". The Leicester Chronicle and Leicestershire Mercury. 13 December 1890. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
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  20. ↑ "Parish History". St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  21. ↑ "Market Bosworth: St. Mary's Church".
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  24. ↑ "History of St. Patrick's". St. Patrick's Catholic Church Leicester. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  25. ↑ "A Brief Parish History". St. Peter's Catholic Church, Leicester. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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