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St Richard of Chichester Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Chichester, West Sussex, England. The church was built in 1958 and contains the largest scheme of stained glass by Gabriel Loire in the United Kingdom. The church is situated on Market Avenue on the corner of Cawley Road, next to St Richard's Catholic Primary School. It is a ...
Richard of Chichester (1197 – 3 April 1253), also known as Richard de Wych, is a saint (canonized 1262) who was Bishop of Chichester. In Chichester Cathedral a shrine dedicated to Richard had become a richly decorated centre of pilgrimage .
Chichester Cathedral has been the seat of the Bishop of Chichester since the 11th century. Local adherents of the Church of Christ, Scientist worship at this simple building in Chichester city centre. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) There are more than 130 places of worship in the ...
The Benson Memorial Church, dedicated to St Richard of Chichester, is an English Roman Catholic church in the Hertfordshire town of Buntingford.Its name derives from the notable priest and author Robert Hugh Benson who lived locally at Hare Street House and helped fund construction of the church.
The town-centre site of Bognor Regis's former parish church, St John the Baptist's, has been occupied by shops since the church was demolished in 1972. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) In the English county of West Sussex, many former chapels, churches and other places of worship ...
English: Inside the Roman Catholic church of St Richard of Chichester, Cawley Road, Chichester, West Sussex, looking toward the altar. Date: 21 March 2011: Source:
In 1262, Richard de la Wyche, who was bishop from 1245 to 1253, was canonised as Saint Richard of Chichester. His shrine made the cathedral a place of pilgrimage. The shrine was ordered to be destroyed in 1538 during the first stages of the English Reformation. In 1642 the cathedral came under siege by Parliamentary troops. [2]
A Mass Centre linked to St Richard's Church at Chichester was founded in a barn on Farm Lane in Nutbourne. It closed after a permanent church opened at nearby Bosham; stained glass windows and internal fittings were transferred there. The building is now part of the Catholic Bible School complex.