St Mary's Star of the Sea Church, Leith

St Mary’s Star of the Sea Church
55°58′24″N 3°10′08″W / 55.9732°N 3.1690°W / 55.9732; -3.1690Coordinates: 55°58′24″N 3°10′08″W / 55.9732°N 3.1690°W / 55.9732; -3.1690
Location Leith, Edinburgh
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website St. Mary's Star of the Sea
History
Status Parish church
Founded 1847
Dedication St Mary Star of the Sea
Architecture
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Category B listed
Architect(s) Pugin & Hansom
Style Italianate
Completed 1852
Administration
Deanery St Giles', City of Edinburgh
Archdiocese St Andrews and Edinburgh
Province St Andrews and Edinburgh
Clergy
Archbishop Leo Cushley
Priest(s) Fr Martin Moran, OMI

St Mary Star of the Sea Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the Leith district of Edinburgh, Scotland.

The church was designed in 1854 by the architects E.W. Pugin and Joseph Hansom in the Gothic style.

It is situated on Constitution Street, Leith

It is a Category B listed building.[1]

Parish Organisation

From 2017 the many parishes in Edinburgh have been organised into clusters to better coordinate their resources. St. Mary's is one of four parishes in Cluster 5 along with Holy Cross, St. Margaret Mary's and St. Margaret (DM).[2]

The parish is part of the Oblate Centre of Mission Edinburgh which also includes St John Olgilvie's, Wester Hailes and the priests of both parishes.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Edinburgh, Constitution Street, St Mary Star of the Sea RC Church Church from British Listed Buildings, retrieved 23 October 2017
  2. ↑ "Parish clusters" (PDF). Archdiocese-edinburgh.com. Retrieved 26 October 2017.


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