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 sumptuously-appointed family chapel with many rich original furnishings. The building is notable for the quality of... Read More
A large neoclassical town church of 1829-30 by Joseph Potter (architect of St Mary’s College, Oscott), which was... Read More
A large complex typical of its 1979 date that includes all the facilities a modern parish church needs, but with little... Read More
A brick church of the late 1930s by a local firm of architects. It is of a distinctive and unusual, angular design with... Read More
A small, compact modern building accommodating both a worship space and a meeting room. Whilst a pleasing and... Read More
One of the newer churches in the diocese, of traditional design, with a large, well-lit interior and furnishings and... Read More
A traditionally planned, plain, passage-aisled brick church in stripped Romanesque style, opened at the start of the... Read More
A modest single-volume building of 1960 with some furnishings of note.The Crowther family persuaded Fr Gardiner of St... Read More
A modest Gothic church of 1850 by Charles Hansom, established by the Redemptorists and paid for in part by John Vincent... Read More
An early church by A.W.N. Pugin, built with the support of the Earl of Shrewsbury, and of historical importance in the... Read More
A church built in the early 1960s to serve a post-war housing estate. Although not of special architectural interest,... Read More
An important building from the early days of the revival of Catholic church building in the West Midlands. It is a... Read More
