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 post-Vatican II urban church with a strong design, clearly influenced by Spence’s cathedral at Coventry, but... Read More
A traditionally-planned brick church of 1959-60, built to serve a housing estate. It has simple, elegant lines and its... Read More
A small and plain mid-nineteenth Gothic structure of some charm, possibly incorporating fabric from the predecessor... Read More
A large brick basilican interwar church by George Drysdale, partner of Leonard Stokes, and occupying a landmark... Read More
A plain building of the mid-1970s, designed as a church hall, serving a postwar housing estate. St Joseph’s was... Read More
A small but strikingly tall red brick church in an elaborate English Decorated Gothic style typical of its architect,... Read More
A modern church of cruciform plan, attractively fitted out. In 1929–30, a temporary church dedicated to the Sacred... Read More
A mid-Victorian brick church designed with thirteenth century detailing by a well-known Catholic church architect.... Read More
A utilitarian structure of the 1950s, now closed for worship. The church contains rood figures from St John the... Read More
A large late 1960s church of angular design, with a bold top-lit ‘crossing’ housing the sanctuary, and spacious... Read More
A substantial red brick church in the Early English style, built in two phases from designs by two notable Catholic... Read More
A modest late 1950s church-hall built on a low budget for a post-war housing estate. The first Mass at this... Read More
