The Diocese of Lancaster was founded on 22 November 1924. It consists of the historic counties of Lancashire (north of the Ribble), Cumberland and Westmorland. It is a suffragan diocese in Province of Liverpool, and is subject to the Archdiocese of Liverpool. The cathedral is in Lancaster, and is dedicated to St Peter. 121 churches were visited for Taking Stock (2005).
Arguably the supreme monument of Lancashire Catholicism, built by J. A. Hansom at a time of resurgent confidence. The... Read More
Jesuit church dating originally from the immediate post-Relief Act period, but almost entirely and magnificently... Read More
A fine stone-built church by H. J. Hansom, well maintained and little altered, which forms a good group with the... Read More
A plain design of 1960, built for Catholic workers at the local nuclear power station and their families.Seascale... Read More
A simple mid-Victorian Gothic chapel, built for Congregational use, which is of local interest and makes a positive... Read More
A stone-built Gothic church by Peter Paul Pugin, built under the patronage of Canon James Taylor with support from the... Read More
Post-war church, not of special architectural or historic interest.A parish census of 1961 had revealed a Catholic... Read More
Utilitarian twentieth century structure, not of special architectural or historic interest.The rectangular-shaped,... Read More
While not of the same townscape or design quality as Pugin and Pugin’s later church at Ansdell, the church and... Read More
Post-Vatican II structure, not of special architectural or historical interest.Nicholas Owen, known also as ‘Little... Read More
A fine mid-nineteenth essay in ecclesiologically-correct fourteenth century Gothic, by a major architect. Placed in a... Read More
A late nineteenth-century sandstone complex of church, presbytery and school by Sinnott & Powell, replacing a... Read More
