St Columba's Catholic Church, Edinburgh Explained

St Columba's Church
Fullname:St Columba's Roman Catholic Church, Edinburgh
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Website:http://www.stcolumbasrcedinburgh.org.uk/
Dedication:St Columba
Deanery:City of Edinburgh[1]
Archdiocese:St Andrews and Edinburgh
Province:St Andrews and Edinburgh
Archbishop:Leo Cushley
Priest:Fr Kevin Douglas

St Columba's Church, Edinburgh is a Roman Catholic church located in the Newington district of Edinburgh, Scotland.

History

The foundation stone of the church was laid on Easter Tuesday 23 April 1889 and it was officially opened on Sunday 17 November of that year.[2] The building was designed in the classic Renaissance style by Rhoderic Cameron. http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/building_full.php?id=100801 Notable features include a collection of statues in the window niches. The presbytery and hall were added by Reginald Fairlie, 1927. It is a Category B listed building.[3] A two-manual pipe organ by Matthew Copley was installed in 1997.[4]

Parish organisation

From 2017 the parishes in Edinburgh were organised into clusters to better coordinate their resources. St Columba's is one of four parishes in Cluster 4 along with St Peter's, Sacred Heart and St Mark's.[5]

The Edinburgh Group of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham meet in St Columba's.

External links

55.9366°N -3.1787°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.archdiocese-edinburgh.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=281&Itemid=187 Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh Deaneries
  2. Web site: St Columba's RC Church. 13 October 2017.
  3. Web site: ST Columba's Roman Catholic Church, 7 Upper Gray Street, Edinburgh . British Listed Buildings. 13 October 2017.
  4. Web site: Scotland's Churches Trust. 13 October 2017.
  5. Web site: Parish clusters. Archdiocese-edinburgh.com . 26 October 2017.