Church in Wimbledon Park, United Kingdom
Christ the King Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the Wimbledon Park area of Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton . It was founded in 1913, and built in 1926 by the Society of Jesus . The architect was Adrian Gilbert Scott .
History
In 1877, The Jesuits came to Wimbledon at the request of Edith Arendup, a member of the Courtauld family, from Roehampton where they had their novitiate, Manresa House . In 1887, she commissioned the building of Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon . From that church the Jesuits ministered to the Catholics of the area. From 1913, Fr Ignatius O'Gorman SJ travelled to the Catholics in the Wimbledon Park area.
Originally, the rector of the Sacred Heart Church only allowed one Sunday Mass to be said in the area. In 1926, the rector and the Bishop of Southwark , Peter Amigo allowed for Fr O'Gorman to have the church built. Adrian Gilbert Scott designed the church and it was completed in 1928. The church, a chapel of ease of Sacred Heart Church was going to be dedicated to Saint Austin , but in 1925, Pope Pius XI instituted the Feast of Christ the King , so the church was dedicated to Christ the King . The church hall remained dedicated to St Austin.
In 1955, the church ceased to be a chapel of ease and became a parish church . The first parish priest was Fr Jordan SJ. In 1959, administration of the church was handed over by the Jesuits to the Diocese of Southwark who continue to serve the parish.
Parish
The church has five Sunday Masses. One is at 6:00pm on Saturday evening, at 8:30am and 10:30am on Sunday morning and at 5:30pm on Sunday afternoon. There is also a Mass in Polish at 12:45pm every Sunday. There are weekday Masses at 9:30am from Monday to Saturday.
Interior
See also
References
Deaneries from Archdiocese of Southwark retrieved 16 March 2014
^ Christ the King Wimbledon Park from English Heritage retrieved 16 March 2014
^ About from Christ the King Parish, retrieved 5 February 2014
Christ the King, Wimbledon Park from Catholic Directory , retrieved 16 March 2014
External links
Churches in Merton ancient parish
Anglican
other
Archdiocese of Southwark Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark
Archbishops and bishops of Southwark Auxiliary bishops in Southwark
Churches St Osmund, Barnes Sacred Heart, Battersea St Edmund, Beckenham Our Lady Help of Christians, Blackheath Corpus Christi, Brixton Sacred Heart, Camberwell St Thomas of Canterbury, Canterbury St Michael the Archangel, Chatham St Mary, Chislehurst St Mary, Clapham St Mary, Croydon St Paul, Dover St Thomas More, Dulwich Our Lady of the Angels, Erith Our Lady of Gillingham St Thomas Aquinas, Ham Our Lady of Loreto and St Winefride, Kew St Agatha, Kingston St Saviour, Lewisham St Mary Magdalen, Mortlake St John the Evangelist, Putney St Augustine, Ramsgate St Ethelbert, Ramsgate Our Lady Queen of Peace, Richmond St Elizabeth of Portugal, Richmond St Joseph, Roehampton Most Precious Blood, Southwark St Winefride, South Wimbledon Sts Simon and Jude, Streatham Hill St Raphael, Surbiton St Anne, Vauxhall St Patrick, Waterloo Sacred Heart, Wimbledon Christ the King, Wimbledon Park St Peter, Woolwich
Patronal Feasts of the Diocese
Schools Bishop Challoner School Bishop Thomas Grant School Bonus Pastor Catholic College The Cedars School Christ the King Sixth Form College Coloma Convent Girls' School Donhead Preparatory School Holy Cross School, New Malden Holy Cross Preparatory School The John Fisher School La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School The Laurels School Marymount International School London Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls' School Richard Challoner School Sacred Heart Catholic School, Camberwell St Anselm's Catholic School St Catherine's Catholic School for Girls St Columba's Catholic Boys' School St Edmund's Catholic School, Dover St Francis Xavier College, Clapham St Gregory's Catholic School St John Bosco College, Battersea St John Fisher Catholic School St John's Catholic Comprehensive School St Joseph's College, Upper Norwood St Mary's Catholic High School, Croydon St Matthew Academy St Michael's Catholic College St Paul's Academy, Abbey Wood St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls St Simon Stock Catholic School St Thomas More Catholic School, Eltham St Thomas the Apostle College St Ursula's Convent School Thomas More Catholic School, Purley Ursuline College, Westgate-on-Sea Ursuline High School, Wimbledon Wimbledon College
See also
Society of Jesus in Great BritainSchools
Primary schools
St Mary's Hall St Joseph's Primary School Barlborough Hall School St Aloysius' College Junior School St John's Beaumont School Donhead Preparatory School Secondary schools
Stonyhurst College Mount St Mary's College St Aloysius' College Wimbledon College St Ignatius College, Enfield Former
St Peter's Catholic School, Bournemouth The Campion School St Michael's College, Leeds St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool Beaumont College, Old Windsor Preston Catholic College Hodder Place, Stonyhurst St Aidan's Catholic School, Sunderland Institutes
Former
Campion House College, Osterley Harlaxton Manor Heythrop Park Heythrop College, University of London Parkstead House Woodhall House, Juniper Green Churches
Parishes
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street St Ignatius Church, Stamford Hill St Anselm's Church, Southall St Dominic's Church, Newcastle St Wilfrid's Church, Preston St Aloysius Church, Glasgow Sacred Heart Church, Edinburgh St Peter's Church, Stonyhurst Chaplaincies
Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, Manchester Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy Former
Sacred Heart Church, Accrington Sacred Heart Church, Blackpool Corpus Christi Church, Boscombe Sacred Heart Church, Bournemouth St Mary on the Quay, Bristol Corpus Christi Church, Brixton St Edmund's Church, Bury St Edmunds Annunciation Church, Chesterfield Holy Trinity Church, Chipping Norton St Mary Church, Clayton-le-Moors St Michael and St John Church, Clitheroe St David's Church, Dalkeith St Mary's Church, Great Yarmouth St Francis Xavier Church, Hereford St Winefride's Church, Holywell Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Leeds Sacred Heart Church, Leeds St Joseph's Church, Leigh Our Lady of Ransom and the Holy Souls Church, Llandrindod Wells Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Lowestoft St Aloysius Gonzaga Church, Oxford Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Portico Our Lady Immaculate and St Joseph Church, Prescot St Ignatius Church, Preston St Walburge's Church, Preston St Joseph and St Francis Xavier Church, Richmond Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Rhyl St Joseph Church, Roehampton Holy Cross Church, St Helens Church of St Mary, Lowe House, St Helens St Stephen's Church, Skipton St Ignatius Church, South Ossett Church of the Immaculate Conception, Spinkhill St Austin's Church, Wakefield St John's Church, Wigan Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon Christ the King Church, Wimbledon Park St Winefride Church, South Wimbledon St George's Church, Worcester Spirituality
Residential
St Beuno's Jesuit Spirituality Centre Non-residential
London Jesuit Centre Edinburgh Jesuit Centre Ignatian Spirituality Centre, Glasgow Former
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