St Anthony of Padua, Oxford

St Anthony of Padua
Front view of the church
51°45′50.1″N1°13′31.0″W / 51.763917°N 1.225278°W / 51.763917; -1.225278
Location	115 Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX3 7SS
Country	England
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Website	stanthonyofpadua.org.uk
History
Founded	1960
Dedication	Saint Anthony of Padua
Architecture
Style	Brick-built
Administration
Archdiocese	Birmingham [1]
Deanery	Oxford (North) [2]

The interior

The Church of St Anthony of Padua, Oxford ^[3] is a yellow brick-built Catholic church in suburb of Headington, east Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. The church building is located in Headley Way. ^{[2] [1]}

History

The church was built in 1960 and designed by Jennings, Homer & Lynch. ^[4] J.R.R. Tolkien was a parishioner here when he lived in Sandfield Road nearby. He was also a benefactor and his Requiem Mass was held here on 6 September 1973. ^[5]

See also

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham

References

1. "St Anthony of Padua, Oxford", Parish Directory, UK: The Archdiocese of Birmingham , retrieved 25 February 2014
2. "St Anthony of Padua", Oxford (North) Deanery, UK: Communigate.co.uk, retrieved 25 February 2014
3. Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "St Anthony of Padua, Church of". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford . Macmillan. p. 377. ISBN   0-333-39917-X.
4. Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 336. ISBN   0-14-071045-0.
5. Cranshaw, Richard; Collier, Ian; Butler, Andrew, eds. (2005). The Tolkien Society Guide to Oxford: The sights of the Oxford of Professor JRR Tolkien CBE. Harmondsworth: The Tolkien Society. p. 24. ISBN   0-905520-17-3.

External links

• St Anthony of Padua Parish from Archdiocese of Birmingham