St Mary’s Cathedral
Dalby Way, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough TS8 0TW
Phone: 01642 597750
Website: middlesbroughrccathedral.org
Email: cathedral@rcdmidd.org.uk
Social media: facebook.com/stmaryscathedralmiddlesbrough
Clergy
Very Rev Canon Paul Farrer (dean)
Father Steven Leightell (assistant priest)
Father Benjamin Ogar OSJ (resident at St Francis)
Father Gilbert Samugana OSJ (resident at St Francis)
Deacon David Cross
Secretary: Christa Kamanga
Office hours: Tue to Fri 9.30am-3.30pm
Service Times
Masses
Sunday: 10am (livestreamed) and 5pm
Holy days: 9:30am and 7pm
Weekdays: Monday to Saturday, 9.30am (check website for details)
Confessions
Saturday 10am-11am and on request
Benediction and Solemn Vespers, Wednesday at 5.30pm – term-time only
Rosary
Saturday 9am
Music Director
Steven Maxson
Email: musicdept@rcdmidd.org.uk
Facilities
Full access facilities for wheelchairs (access plus disabled toilet)
Loop system for hearing-aid users
General
Activities taking place in the parish: All Sacramental Preparation Groups, Children's Liturgy Group, Justice & Peace, Knights of St Columba meet 1st Tue of each month, Mass at 7pm, Music for the Mind meet 2nd Mon of each month at 2pm, Choir and Music Groups, Parish Liturgy Group, Repository, Sun and Tues morning coffee after Mass.
Nursing homes: Dalby Court, Fountains Court Care Home, Kirkley Lodge, Montpellier Care Home, Stainton Lodge Care Centre, and Stainton Way Care Home.
History
The first church or chapel of St Mary was built in the oldest part of the town in 1848 (architects Weightman and Hadfield). After extensions in 1866 (architect Joseph Hansom), it was demolished to make way for a much larger church built in 1876-78 (architect George Goldie with additions in the 1890s by Edward Goldie). With the creation of the Diocese of Middlesbrough in 1878, this became the Cathedral and served the central area until population movement made it redundant in the 1990s. Fire destroyed the building in 2000. Cathedral status had been transferred in 1986 to a new building at Coulby Newham, one of the new and growing suburbs of the town. This fan-shaped cathedral (architect Frank Swainston) was conceived by Bishop Augustine Harris based on his experiences of the advantages and disadvantages of the cathedral-in-the-round at Liverpool.
