St Anthony of Padua, Oxford

St Anthony of Padua
Church of St Anthony of Padua
51°45′50.1″N 1°13′31.0″W / 51.763917°N 1.225278°WCoordinates: 51°45′50.1″N 1°13′31.0″W / 51.763917°N 1.225278°W
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Roman Catholic Church
Website www.stanthonyofpadua.org.uk
History
Dedication Saint Anthony of Padua
Architecture
Style Brick-built
Administration
Deanery Oxford (North)[1]
Diocese Archdiocese of Birmingham[2]

The Church of St Anthony of Padua, Oxford[3] is a yellow brick-built Catholic church in suburb of Headington, east Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. The church building is located in Headley Way.[1][2]

The church was built in 1960 and designed by Jennings, Homer & Lynch.[4] J.R.R. Tolkien was a parishioner here when he lived in Sandfield Road nearby. He was also a benefactor and a Requiem Mass was held here in his honour on 6 September 1973.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "St Anthony of Padua". Oxford (North) Deanery. UK: The Archdiocese of Birmingham. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "St Anthony of Padua, Oxford". Parish Directory. UK: The Archdiocese of Birmingham. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "St Anthony of Padua, Church of". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. p. 377. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
  4. ↑ Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 336. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
  5. ↑ Cranshaw, Richard; Collier, Ian; Butler, Andrew, eds. (2005). The Tolkien Society Guide to Oxford: The sights of the Oxford of Professor JRR Tolkien CBE. Harmondsworth: The Tolkien Society. p. 24. ISBN 0-905520-17-3.