St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Colwyn Bay

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church is on Conway Road, Colwyn Bay, in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It a Roman Catholic church and is the parish church of Colwyn Bay, part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham.[1] The Church also has a catholic volunatary aided primary school, which is on the grounds of the church on Brackley Avenue, its current head teacher is Mr J. Wilkinson.[2]

History

St. Joseph's church was designed by R Curran, building began in 1898 and was completed in 1900. Monsignor James Lennon from Lancashire donated the money to build the church, in memory of his late brother, Dean John Lennon.[3]

The adjoining primary school was opened in 1933.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Colwyn Bay". Wrexham Diocese. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  2. ↑ "St Joseph's Ysgol Sant Joseff". St Joseph's Ysgol Sant Joseff. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  3. ↑ "St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Conway Road - Colwyn Bay Heritage". 2013-05-28. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  4. ↑ "St Joseph's Catholic Church - Page 2". www.catholicchurchcolwynbay.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-02.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/6/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.