Middlesbrough Cathedral

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St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, in Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, North-East England, is a modern light building similar in some ways with the Roman Catholic cathedral in Liverpool, The building complex includes the sanctuary, the nave, the Blessed Sacrament chapel, the sacristy, the church hall, the narthex (the entrance porch) and the campanile. There is also a repository where devotional aids, rosary beads, cards, etc. can be purchased. The foundation stone was blessed on Sunday 3rd November 1985 by the Right Reverend Augustine Harris, Bishop of Middlesbrough.

The original architect was Frank Swainston, who died just after the outline plan had been agreed. His assistant Peter Fenton developed the detailed drawings and designed the Cathedral furnishings. All this he brought to completion with the advice of J.O. Tarren and Professor Patrik Nuttgens.