The Diocese of Liverpool was founded on 29 September 1850, and elevated to the status of an archdiocese on 28 October 1911. It consists of the county of Lancashire (south of the Ribble), parts of Merseyside, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and the Isle of Man. It is the Metropolitan diocese in the Province of Liverpool. The cathedral is in Liverpool, and is dedicated to Christ the King. 208 churches were visited for Taking Stock (2007).
A fine church of the 1950’s by F.X. Velarde, one of the most unusual and innovative Catholic architects of the... Read More
A large and in some respects unusual Gothic design by Pugin & Pugin, showing northern European influences. It is... Read More
A large town church by one of the leading church practices in Liverpool in the late nineteenth century. Although the... Read More
Historically important as the first Catholic mission and church in Warrington. The later Pugin & Pugin work is also... Read More
A well-designed and attractively-proportioned building of 1915, with a striking exterior and good internal enrichment,... Read More
The grandest Catholic church in Warrington and a major work by E. W. and P. P. Pugin, elaborately fitted out.A ... Read More
A large church built in 1964 on a T-plan in a stripped down round-arched style. Unlike other designs from L.A.G.... Read More
A modest post-Vatican II church serving a modern residential settlement.Originally a rural hamlet, Burtonwood is now... Read More
One of the oldest Catholic missions in the diocese. Although post-dating Emancipation, the present church is more akin... Read More
A large, conspicuous and little-altered early 1960s church, modern in design but with clear echoes of... Read More
An unremarkable modern building, designed by the successor firm to that of F. X. Velarde.Built to serve new... Read More
A very late, spare design, at the tail-end of the Gothic Revival. The baldacchino is a good feature of the... Read More
