St Joseph's Church | |
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50°53′57″N 1°24′21″W / 50.89925°N 1.4057°W | |
OS grid reference | SU4188611250 |
Location | Southampton |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website | Southampton-City-Catholics.org.uk |
History | |
Status | Active |
Founded | 1830 |
Dedication | Saint Joseph |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Parish church |
Heritage designation | Grade II listed[1] |
Designated | 14 February 1969[2] |
Architect(s) | Augustus Pugin, J. G. Poole and Leonard Stokes |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | March 1843 |
Completed | 1845 |
Administration | |
Province | Southwark |
Diocese | Portsmouth |
Deanery | Southampton |
Parish | St Joseph and St Edmund[3] |
St Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Southampton, Hampshire. It is situated on Bugle Street, in the centre of the city, north of Town Quay. The church chancel was designed by Augustus Pugin and built in 1843. It was the first Catholic church founded in Southampton after the Reformation. It was the pro-cathedral of the Diocese of Portsmouth in 1882.[4] It is a Grade II listed building.[1]