Oscott College | |
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St Mary's College, New Oscott | |
52°32′38″N 1°51′20″W / 52.543766°N 1.855451°W | |
OS grid reference | SP0988894038 |
Location | New Oscott, Birmingham |
Country | England |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website | oscott |
History | |
Status | Seminary |
Founded | May 1794[1] |
Founder(s) | Thomas Walsh |
Dedication | St Mary |
Consecrated | 29 May 1838 |
Associated people | Cardinal Wiseman Bernard Griffin |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II* Listed[2] |
Designated | 25 April 1952 |
Architect(s) | Joseph Potter A.W. Pugin |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | 25 April 1836 |
Completed | 31 May 1838 |
Construction cost | £40,000 |
Administration | |
Province | Birmingham |
Archdiocese | Birmingham |
Deanery | Birmingham (North) |
Parish | Our Lady of the Assumption Maryvale |
Clergy | |
Archbishop | Bernard Longley |
Rector | Canon Michael Dolman |
St Mary's College in New Oscott, Birmingham, sometimes called Oscott College, is the Roman Catholic seminary of the Archdiocese of Birmingham in England and one of the three seminaries of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.[3]