Erdington Abbey

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Erdington Abbey
Church of St Thomas and St Edmund
Charles Hansom
Groundbreaking1848
Completed1850
Administration
ArchdioceseBirmingham

Erdington Abbey Church (

Redemptorists. The abbey itself was the adjacent building, now Highclare School
.

Erdington Abbey church

In 1847 Father Heneage built a chapel in Erdington High Street, on the croft opposite the end of Station Lane.

Before this priests from

Gothic revival
.

The church was designed by Charles Hansom, who built the steeple of the church 117 ft (36 m) high, which is also the length of the building.[1] The plate was designed by Augustus Pugin and made by Hardman.

Abbey

In 1876 Father Haigh handed over his church, parish and estate of 4 acres (16,000 m2) to the

Beuron in Germany, exiled for their faith from their own country during the "Kulturkampf", the anti-Catholic and anti-clerical movement headed by Bismarck
.

The abbey was built on this land next to the church. Its building is also grade II listed.

Roman Catholic Redemptorists

The Benedictine monks were later displaced a second time, as a result of problems experienced by the predominantly German Beuronese Congregation during World War I (1914–18). After World War I, during which the community suffered aggravation, it was possible for the community to return to their homeland,[2] and Erdington Abbey was disbanded.[3]

The parish came under the control of the

Redemptorist
order of priests in 1922, and is currently served by Fr. Elias Gweme CSsR - Rector and Parish Priest, Fr. Francis Dickinson CSsR, Fr. Isaac Davies CSsR, and Fr. Royston Price CSsR.

Cemetery

The attached cemetery contains war graves of three soldiers of World War I and two soldiers and four Royal Air Force personnel of World War II.[4]

References

  1. ISBN 0-7734-3851-3
  2. ^ "Welcome to the Erdington Abbey Website", Erdington Abbey
  3. ^ Benedictine Order", The Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement. I, Part 1, 1922, p. 97
  4. ^ [1] CWGC Cemetery Record. Breakdown from casualty record. Date retrieved 10 February 2013.

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