St Mary, Our Lady of Victories Church, Dundee facts for kids

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St Mary, Our Lady of Victories Church
Forebank Road
Location	Dundee
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	SPSMblog.wordpress.com
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Our Lady of Victory
Events	Towers added in 1901
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Category B listed
Designated	4 February 1965
Style	Romanesque Revival
Groundbreaking	1850
Completed	1851
Administration
Deanery	St Mary, Dundee
Diocese	Dunkeld
Province	St Andrews and Edinburgh

St Mary, Our Lady of Victories Church is Roman Catholic Parish Church in Dundee, Scotland. It was built from 1850 and opened in 1851, twenty-seven years before the Restoration of the Scottish hierarchy. It is situated on Forebank Road, close to Ann Street. It is a Romanesque Revival church and a category B listed building.

History

Construction

Building work started on the church in 1850. In 1851, it was opened. The architect for the church was George Mathewson. He designed it to be in the style of Byzantine-Romanesque architecture.

Parish

The church also serves St Patrick's Church in the city. St Patrick's Church is situated on Arthurstone Terrace in the Stobswell area of the city, built from 1897 to 1899, was also designed by Thomas Martin Cappon and is a category B listed building. St Patrick's has one Sunday Mass at 9:30am.

St Mary's Church has one Sunday Mass at 11:15am.