St Stephen's Church, Skipton

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St Stephen's Church, Skipton
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St Stephen's Church, Skipton
53°57′49″N2°01′15″W / 53.9635°N 2.0207°W / 53.9635; -2.0207
OS grid reference SD 98741 51938
Location Skipton
CountryEngland
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website StStephensSkipton.org.uk
History
Status Parish church
Founded27 October 1836 (1836-10-27)
Founder(s) Tempest family
Dedication Saint Stephen
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II listed
Designated2 March 1978
Completed1836
Construction cost£1681
Administration
Province Liverpool
Diocese Leeds
Deanery Keighley & Skipton

St Stephen's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England. It is situated next to Ermysted's Grammar School close to the town centre. It was built in 1836 and was founded by the Tempest family and originally administered by the Society of Jesus. It is a Grade II listed building. [1] [2]

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Foundation

During the Reformation, the Tempest family held Masses in their family home Broughton Hall. A priest would regularly travel there to provide for the local Catholics from 1648. [3] In January 1694, a Jesuit, Fr Thomas Burnett SJ came to the house and resided there until he died in 1727. From then on, Broughton served as a residence for Jesuit priests to administer to the local Catholic population. [3]

Construction

In 1836, seven years after Catholic emancipation the foundation stone for the church was laid by Charles Tempest. A dispute arose between the new parish priest Fr Michael Trappes and Charles Tempest on whether the church would be a parish church, which would be under the priest's supervision, or a family chapel, owned by the Tempests. It meant that the church was not opened five years after it was completed. Finally, the Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District, John Briggs solved the dispute by permitting the Tempests to nominate a priest and pay for the running costs of the church. [4]

The church was opened on 15 September 1842 and the Mass was presided over by Thomas Tempest, Charles' brother, who became a priest in 1826. [4]

Extensions

In 1850, the increasing Catholic population meant that the church had to be enlarged and a school built. By 29 September 1853, the extension was completed with a new reredos by Augustus Pugin was added along with transepts to accommodate a new side chapel. [1] A presbytery was also built so that the parish could have a resident priest and a Fr George Bridges SJ arrived into the parish. In 1854, St Stephen's School opened and from 1861 it was staffed by the Sisters of Mercy. From 1866, the Faithful Companions of Jesus took over the running of the school. In 1970, they left the parish and were replaced by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary who remained there until 2003. [5]

The Jesuits served the parish until 1914 when was then handed over to the Diocese of Leeds who continue to serve the parish. [5]

Parish

The parish has five Sunday Masses every week with three at the church on Saturday at 5:00pm, Sunday 9:30am and 6:00pm. There is one Mass said at Broughton Hall at 8:30am every Sunday and one at St Margaret Clitherow Church, Threshfield near Grassington at 11:00am every Sunday.

St Stephen's Primary School next to the church states that it 'works hand in hand with St. Stephen's Church in enabling everyone to grow spiritually.' [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 British listed buildings retrieved 16 December 2013
  2. ↑ MoorhouseHistory.co.uk retrieved 4 February 2014
  3. 1 2 How the Recusants survived in Skipton in St Stephen's Parish retrieved 4 February 2014
  4. 1 2 Re-building Catholic life in Skipton in St Stephen's Parish retrieved 4 February 2014
  5. 1 2 Developing parish life in St Stephen's in St Stephen's Parish retrieved 4 February 2014
  6. ↑ St Stephen's School retrieved 4 February 2014
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