Church of Saint Francis Xavier, Liverpool

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Building information
Church of Saint Francis Xavier
Modern view of Saint Francis Xavier's Church, Liverpool
Town	Liverpool
Country	England
Completion date	4 December 1848

Church of Saint Francis Xavier, Salisbury Street Everton, Liverpool, England, is a Roman Catholic church. It opened on 4 December 1848, the feast of St Francis Xavier. It is a grade II* listed building.

The church is one of the comparatively few Roman Catholic churches in the United Kingdom with a ring of bells hung for English-style Change Ringing, and is the home tower of the Liverpool Universities Society of Change Ringers.

In the early 1900s Spring Heeled Jack made one of his last appearances when he jumped off the church and landed behind some houses. When a crowd went to investigate they found a tall Jack looking at them, before jumping over the crowd and disappearing.