Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church, Great Billing

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Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church
Westminster
DioceseNorthampton
DeaneryNorthampton[1]
ParishOur Lady of Perpeutal Succour

Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church or Our Lady's Church is a

Shrine to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour
.

History

Foundation

In 1795, Robert Cary Elwes, a family member of

Catholicism. Shortly afterwards, a chapel was built in Billing Hall.[2]

Construction

In 1878, Our Lady of Perpetual Help was built. It replaced the chapel in the hall and was paid for by Valentine Cary Elwes. It was built in the

Lady Chapel. It was built by Ormsby of Scarisbrick who also did work on Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Bognor Regis.[2] On 8 September 2006, Peter Doyle the Bishop of Northampton made the church the Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour.[3]

Buried in the church cemetery are Valentine Cary Elwes, Gervase Elwes, Bishop Dudley Cary-Elwes and Gervase's son and parish priest of Our Lady's Church, Monsignor Valentine Elwes.[4]

Parish

The parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour is in a partnership with the parish of Sacred Heart Church in Weston Favell. Our Lady's Church has one Sunday Mass at 9:15am. Sacred Heart Church has two Sunday Masses at 5:30pm on Saturday and at 10:30am.[1]

References

  1. ^
    Diocese of Northampton
    , retrieved 18 May 2022
  2. ^ a b Historic England, Greta Billing - Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Taking Stock, retrieved 18 May 2022
  3. Diocese of Northampton
    , retrieved 18 May 2022
  4. ^ Our History from SacredHeartNorthampton.org.uk, retrieved 18 May 2022
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