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).
Standish has claim to be the oldest mission in the Archdiocese of Liverpool, with Mass said at Standish Hall from 1559.... Read More
A characterful post-Vatican II design, built to serve a new housing estate.The parish of St Albert’s was... Read More
A polygonal design-and-build structure of the 1970s, replacing a substantial Passionist church and monastery of the... Read More
An ambitious neo-Romanesque design of the 1930s, completed in diluted form in the 1950s. The original stonework is of... Read More
Built in 1951, this church displays some of the lightness of touch and optimistic spirit of the Festival of Britain.... Read More
A pleasing red sandstone-fronted Gothic design of the turn of the twentieth century, the interior retaining something... Read More
An octagonal design by Weightman & Bullen, of some interest as an early exercise in centralised liturgical... Read More
A church of significant interest, both for its accomplished external design, and for the quality of its interior and... Read More
A dignified and well-proportioned church with high quality altar fittings and notable Stations of the Cross. With the... Read More
An important church dating from the mid-nineteenth century by a major architect, and built on an ambitious scale. It... Read More
One of the most historic and architecturally significant churches in Liverpool. Whilst it suffered an unsympathetic... Read More
An impressive brick-built Lombard Romanesque-style church of the interwar period by E. Bower Norris. The exterior with... Read More
