Holy Rosary parish, Billingham

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

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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 Brady 1949 1958
Fr. James Marron 1954 1962
Fr. John Coyle 1957 1958
Fr. Lawrence Deegan 1958 1969
Fr. John Skivington 1960 1968
Fr. Patrick O'Connell 1968 1973
Fr. David Head 1969 1976
Fr. Seamus Doyle 1973 1983
Fr. Michael Keoghan 1976 1994
Fr. David Coxon 1983 1987
Fr. Michael Whalen 1987 1991
Fr. John Butters 1994 To Date
Rev. Dan McKie 2009 To Date
Fr. Lee Barrett 2009 2011

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Position, Structure & Hierarchy

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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

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Service Times
Day Time Type
Sundays 10:00 Holy Mass
Holy Days 12:00 Holy Mass
Weekdays As Printed Holy Mass/Service Word & Communion

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

Statistics

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

References

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  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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