St. Joseph's R C Church, Middlesbrough

St. Joseph's R C Church, Middlesbrough Roman Catholic Church, Marton Road, Middlesbrough - part of the joint Parish of St. Joseph and St. Thomas More.

This page is facilitated by parishioner Ian Stubbs. A temporary tin chapel was erected in 1924-5 to serve the growing population as the town spread southwards. It was replaced on the same site by a permanent church in 1933-4. "An Italian Romanesque church built in 1933-4 from designs by Bishop Thomas Shine which is a landmark on the Marton Road. In the 1920s the suburbs of Middlesbrough were expan

ding southwards and there was a need to provide for Catholics in the Acklam area. A temporary tin church was erected in 1925 along with a school (architect Thomas Rodgers of Darlington) in 1927. On 18 February 1933 The Tablet reported: ‘His lordship the Bishop has designed the plan for a new church, which it is hope to begin building shortly. The growth of the Catholic population in this part of Middlesbrough has been rapid and extensive; and looking ahead, his lordship is arranging for a church to sit about six hundred worshippers instead of the two hundred and fifty accommodated in the present building. A feature of the new St Joseph’s will be a tower rising to a height of ninety feet, flanked on the other side of the western front by a shorter tower terminating about the level of the gable. The main entrance, facing Marton Road, will be under a portico upheld by stone columns. Generally, the building will be in the Norman style, and its cost is estimated at £7,000’. The builder was Frank Spink of Bridlington, who also built St Francis of Assisi, Acklam. The church was opened by Bishop Shine on 15 May 1934." https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/middlesbrough-st-joseph/

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Pope Leo's prayer intention for June 2026

For the values of sports
Let us pray that sports be an instrument of peace, encounter, and dialogue among cultures and nations, and that they promote values such as respect, solidarity, and personal growth.

Trinity Sunday - Year A
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Trinity Sunday - Year A

25/05/2026

O God, Father of mercies,
whose Only Begotten Son, as he hung upon the Cross,
chose the Blessed Virgin Mary, his Mother,
to be our Mother also,
grant, we pray, that with her loving help
your Church may be more fruitful day by day
and, exulting in the holiness of her children,
may draw to her embrace all the families of the peoples.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.

Pentecost Sunday (Year A)
24/05/2026

Pentecost Sunday (Year A)

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Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS42RB

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+441642818203

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