The Diocese of Birmingham was created in 1850, becoming an Archdiocese in 1911. It is the Metropolitan diocese in the Province of Birmingham. The cathedral is in Birmingham and is dedicated to St Chad. The Archdiocese covers parts or all of the counties/administrative areas of Oxfordshire and Berkshire (north of the River Thames), Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire. It has 224 parishes (as of 2015), some with more than one church; 263 churches were visited for Taking Stock.
A functional brick church-cum-hall of the 1950s. A Mass centre served from Silverdale was opened at the County... Read More
A large and handsome town church in the thirteenth century French Gothic style by Henry Clutton, a well-known Catholic... Read More
An impressive late nineteenth-century church based on the architecture of the thirteenth century, whose soaring profile... Read More
Built in 1803 by the Rev. Dr John Kirk (1760-1851), a leading figure in the development of Catholicism in Lichfield.... Read More
A striking building of more civic than ecclesiastical character, demonstrably of 1966-7 and taking full advantage of... Read More
A powerful and expressive centrally planned, concrete-framed building, designed by the local architect Henry Fedeski,... Read More
A large and striking Gothic church on a dramatic hillside site, designed by Charles Bucknall for the Benedictines.... Read More
A functional design of the late 1960s incorporating slab in resin glass by the Hardman firm. In 1928 a site was... Read More
A modest Gothic design of the 1870s, considerably enlarged in the 1990s. Something of the original character of the... Read More
Mapledurham, home of the Catholic Blount family, was a notable recusant household. The house retains numerous features... Read More
A neatly designed small church of 1991-2 by John D. Holmes, the big roof creating a surprisingly spacious... Read More
A functional prefabricated structure, originally built as a parish hall. The mission started from Corpus Christi... Read More
