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St Mary's Church, or St.Mary's Priory, is in the town centre of Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is an active Roman Catholic church. The parish was established and served by Benedictine monks from Ampleforth Abbey, but following the withdrawal of Ampleforth Abbey from the parish in 2012, it was served by the priest from St Benedict's Church, Warrington. From November 2015, the church has been owned and served by priests from the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter as a shrine church. It is well known for the beauty and reverence of its liturgy and the ambition and excellence of the church choir and music. ==History== The parish was established from St Alban's Church, Warrington by the Benedictine priests from Ampleforth Abbey who served there. Fr.John Placid Hall OSB is credited with conceiving the idea to build the church and to have chosen the site. The site had been occupied by a cotton mill. The site was bought on 5 May 1870 for £4,000.〔Plumb, Brian (1977) '' Our Glorious Chapter, St.Mary's Warrington 1877-1977 '',Kilburn Printers, Liverpool〕 The church was designed by E. W. Pugin and its construction started in 1875, just before Pugin's death. The foundation stone was laid by Bishop O'Reilly of Liverpool on Sunday 9 May 1875. It was completed by Peter Paul Pugin in 1877. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner considered it to be one of their best churches. The church was opened on Thursday 30 August 1877. The splendid reredos and rose window were blessed on 1 November 1885. The tower, a departure from the original design, was designed by Pugin & Pugin and built by Travis & Wevill of Liverpool in 1907. A northeast chapel, the First World War Memorial Chapel, designed by Frederick Walters was added in 1923..〔Plumb, Brian (1977) '' Our Glorious Chapter, St.Mary's Warrington 1877-1977 '',Kilburn Printers, Liverpool〕 St Mary's parish had a school and parish hall, known as Ashton Hall, both of which have been closed and demolished. From 1934 a programme of slum clearances reduced the population of the parish by half within four years..〔Plumb, Brian (1977) '' Our Glorious Chapter, St.Mary's Warrington 1877-1977 '',Kilburn Printers, Liverpool〕 St Oswald's Church, Padgate was established from St Mary's by Fr Thomas Austin Hind OSB in 1929, who became its first priest.〔Plumb, Brian (1979) ''St Oswald's Warrington ''〕 Fr. Paul William Wright OSB announced on Sunday 15 January 2012 that Ampleforth Abbey could no longer provide a priest for the parish due to a lack of manpower and that he would be the last monk-priest to serve in the parish. Thus ending a Benedictine presence in Warrington lasting 250 years. Fr. William Wright's last Mass was on Sunday 9 September 2012. Discussions about the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter taking over the parish were had in 2012, but were inconclusive. The Archdiocese of Liverpool then took over the pastoral care of the people of the parish. The pastoral needs of the congregation were then met by Monsignor John Devine OBE,of St Benedict's Church, Warrington, who was later given charge of the parish of St Oswald's Church, Padgate as well. On the of 4th July 2015 Deacon Matthew Jolley was ordained to be priest by the Archbishop of Liverpool, Malcolm McMahon, OP .” Also on Saturday 4 July 2015, the Archbishop of Liverpool, Malcolm McMahon, OP announced: “I have invited the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter to come to the Archdiocese and to have responsibility for St Mary’s Church, Warrington. In due course this will become a centre for the celebration of the Extraordinary form of the Roman Rite and the sacraments. The priests of this fraternity will not, however, assume pastoral responsibility for St Mary’s parish, which will be the responsibility of Fr David Heywood from September.” The first public Mass by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter in the church was celebrated by Fr Armand de Malleray FSSP on Sunday 15th November 2015.. However, the formal Inaugural Mass, attended by the Archbishop of Liverpool Malcolm McMahon and Abbot Cuthbert Madden OSB of Ampleforth Abbey was held on the 21st November 2015.” Following the transition to the FSSP the church is not technically a parish church, but a shrine within a parish, as the parish itself was merged with two others, St Benedict's Church, Warrington, St Oswald's Church, Padgate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St Mary's Church, Warrington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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