St Clare of Assisi, Middlesbrough

St Clare's, Middlesbrough is a Roman Catholic church in the Brookfield area of Middlesbrough, England. It was built in 1965 and is located close to the junction of the A19 and the A174.^[1]

St Clare of Assisi Church
54.530°N 1.248°W / 54.530; -1.248
Location	Middlesbrough
Country	England
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	Official website
History
Status	Church building
Dedication	Clare of Assisi
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Thomas A. Crawford
Style	Modernist architecture
Groundbreaking	1964
Completed	11 February 1965
Administration
Province	Liverpool
Diocese	Middlesbrough
Deanery	Northern
Parish	St Francis

History

Construction

The Church of St Clare Of Assisi was built from 1964 to 1965. It was originally part of the parish of St Francis of Assisi. It cost £35,000 and was designed by Thomas A. Crawford. On 11 February 1965 it was opened by the coadjutor Bishop of Middlesbrough Gordon Wheeler.^[2]

Developments

The church is of a fairly large size and of a typical design for churches built in the 1960s. The church was re-ordered after the Second Vatican Council, resulting in the tabernacle being moved to a separate Blessed Sacrament chapel in the church.

Parish

In 1967, the parish of St Francis of Assisi, centred in Acklam, Middlesbrough, was divided and St Clare's became a separate parish.^[3] This was caused by the greatly increased quantity of housing built in the locality and the consequent increased population. In 2013, it reverted from being a parish church to being again within the parish of St Francis of Assisi. It has one Sunday Mass at 9 am.^[4]

See also

• Diocese of Middlesbrough