Our Lady Of The Most Holy Rosary Parish, Billingham has been recently combined with two other parishes to create a new parish St. Thomas of Canterbury Billingha. so technically no longer exists. The new and old parishes are both located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, and serve the town's Catholic community. The parish is served by the Parish Priest Rev J Butters and the Deacon Rev D McKie.

History

Holy Rosary parish was established on 13 November 1949 and almost immediately a temporary church, known as "The Hut" was built, it was blessed in 1950. Soon funds became available to build a permanent church within the parish and Bishop James Cunningham laid the foundation stone on 16 May 1959. The church was opened on 22 September 1960. The church sanctuary was re-ordered in 1977, a permanent stone altar was brought forward, later the altar rails were removed and in 1984 a lectern and baptismal font were installed. In 1985 the parish celebrated the Silver Jubilee of the church building with week-long celebrations. The parish celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1999. In 2009 the parish celebrated its Diamond Jubilee, with a Mass celebrated by the Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle Rt Rev. Seamus Cunningham.[1]

Parish Clergy of Holy Rosary, Billingham
Name Began Posting Ended Posting
Fr. Eoghan Brady19491958
Fr. James Marron19541962
Fr. John Coyle19571958
Fr. Lawrence Deegan19581969
Fr. John Skivington19601968
Fr. Patrick O'Connell19681973
Fr. David Head19691976
Fr. Seamus Doyle19731983
Fr. Michael Keoghan19761994
Fr. David Coxon19831987
Fr. Michael Whalen19871991
Fr. John Butters1994To Date
Rev. Dan McKie2009To Date
Fr. Lee Barrett20092011

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Position, Structure & Hierarchy

The parish, now known as St. Thomas of Canterbury is led by Rev J Butters. It is in the Deanery of St. Peter (the 18th Deanery ) which comprises Stockton-on-Tees & Billingham, whose Dean is Rev. P McKenna. St. Peter's Deanery lies within the Episcopal Area of Cleveland & South Durham, whose Episcopal Vicar is Rev J Butters.

Service Times

Service Times
Day Time Type
Sundays10:00Holy Mass
Holy Days12:00Holy Mass
WeekdaysAs PrintedHoly Mass/Service Word & Communion

Confessions with Exposition of the Blessed of Sacrament Fridays 6-7pm.[3]

Statistics

Mass Attendance (as of 2008) 295, Number of Baptisms (2008) 11, Number of Marriages (2008) 1, Deaths (2008) 21.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  3. ↑ [Northern Catholic Calendar]
  4. ↑ [Northern Catholic Calendar]
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