Holy Cross Church | |
Fullname: | Holy Cross Church, Ardoyne |
Location: | Crumlin Road Ardoyne Belfast |
Country: | Ireland |
Coordinates: | 54.6123°N -5.9627°W |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
Website: | holycrossparishbelfast.com/ |
Consecrated Date: | 1902 |
Architect: | W.G. Doolin Rudolph Maximilian Butler[1] |
Parish: | Holy Cross |
Deanery: | Ardoyne |
Archdiocese: | Down and Connor |
Holy Cross Church is a Catholic church on the Crumlin Road in Ardoyne, Belfast.[1]
In 1868, the Bishop of Down and Connor, Dr Patrick Dorrian, invited a group of Passionists, a Catholic clerical religious congregation, to establish a church and parish in Ardoyne. Fr Raphael, Fr Alphonsus and Brother Luke initially built a small church which opened in 1869 followed by a retreat house and monastery in 1881. Then in 1902 the large and imposing Church of the Holy Cross was completed.[2]