St. Mary of the Isle Church

St. Mary of the Isle Church
Location Douglas
Country  Isle of Man
 United Kingdom
Denomination Roman Catholic Church

The St. Mary of the Isle Church[1] is the name given to a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located on Hill Street[2] in the city of Douglas,[3] the capital of the Isle of Man, a dependency of the British Crown.

History

The church was completed in 1859,[4] it follows the Roman or Latin rite and is part of the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Liverpool (Archidioecesis Liverpolitanus) which also includes the northwest of England in the United Kingdom and was created by the brief apostolic "Universalis Ecclesiae" by Pope Pius IX.

The organ of the Church that has over 100 years was restored in 2006 by Peter Jones.

See also

References

  1. ↑ St. Mary of the Isle Church
  2. ↑ "Churches in Isle of Man". www.weekdaymasses.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  3. ↑ "Churches and Mass Times". The Roman Catholic Church on The Isle of Man. 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
  4. ↑ Belchem, John (2000-01-01). A New History of the Isle of Man: The modern period 1830-1999. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 9780853237266.

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