Holy Cross Church, Ardoyne

Holy Cross Church is a Catholic church on the Crumlin Road in Ardoyne, Belfast.[1]

Holy Cross Church
Holy Cross Church, Ardoyne
54.61232°N 5.96274°W / 54.61232; -5.96274
LocationCrumlin Road
Ardoyne
Belfast
CountryIreland
DenominationRoman Catholic
Websiteholycrossparishbelfast.com/
History
Consecrated1902[1]
Architecture
Architect(s)W.G. Doolin
Rudolph Maximilian Butler[1]
Administration
ArchdioceseDown and Connor
DeaneryArdoyne
ParishHoly Cross

History

In 1868, the Bishop of Down and Connor, Dr Patrick Dorrian, invited a group of Passionists, a Catholic clerical religious congregation, to establish a church and parish in Ardoyne. Fr Raphael, Fr Alphonsus and Brother Luke initially built a small church which opened in 1869 followed by a retreat house and monastery in 1881. Then in 1902 the large and imposing Church of the Holy Cross was completed.[2]

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