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St Oswald's Church is an active Roman Catholic church in the Padgate suburb of Warrington, Cheshire, England. The parish was founded by Benedictine monks from Ampleforth Abbey, it is now served by clergy from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool. ==History== The parish was established from St Mary's Church, Warrington by Fr.Thomas Austin Hind O.S.B, a Warringtonian by birth, who is credited with conceiving the idea to build the church and to have chosen the dedication to St Oswald. On 1 July 1924, Archbishop Keating of Liverpool give permission for the formation of this, the fourth Benedictine parish in Warrington: the others being St.Albans (1755); St.Mary's (1877) and St.Benedict's (1902). The parish was served by the clergy of St Mary's Church, Warrington until it became an independent parish on 24 July 1929. There have been two churches on this site. The first was opened on 17 June 1928 and was designed by Hamlyn and Wright of Winmarleigh Street, Warrington. It was built in rustic brick by Joseph Dolan and Sons, Warrington, at a cost of £3,428. The second church, designed by L.A.G Pritchard, Son & Partners of Liverpool, and built, at a cost of £60,000, by Harper & Finch of Church Street, Warrington was opened by Archbishop Beck on 16 June 1965. The last Benedictine Parish Priest was Fr Harold Cyprian Broomfield O.S.B as the Abbot of Ampleforth Abbey surrendered the parish to the Archbishop of Liverpool on 10 September 1962.〔Plumb, Brian (1979) ''St Oswald's Warrington ''〕 From 2013, following the death of Canon William Redmond, the parish was served by the parish priest of St.Benedicts Church, Warrington 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 Oswald's Church, Padgate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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