Sacred Heart Church, Glasgow

The Sacred Heart Church is a Catholic parish church in the Bridgeton area of Glasgow, Scotland. The parish boundaries cover Bridgeton and Dalmarnock. It is situated on Old Dalmarnock Road. It is a category A listed building.

Sacred Heart Church, Glasgow
Sacred Heart Church, Glasgow Location in Glasgow
Location	Bridgeton, Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	Sacred Heart Parish, Glasgow
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Sacred Heart
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Category A listed
Designated	15 December 1990
Architect(s)	Charles Ménart
Style	Baroque Revival
Groundbreaking	1909 (1909)
Completed	1910 (1910)
Administration
Province	Glasgow
Archdiocese	Glasgow
Deanery	City East
Clergy
Archbishop	Most Reverend William Nolan
Priest(s)	Reverend Liam McMahon

History

The parish was founded in 1873 and originally had a temporary wooden church. The present church was built in 1909–10. The architect was Charles Ménart who also designed St Aloyisus’ church, Garnethill, Glasgow. The Presbytery (1890) was designed by Pugin and Pugin. Later alterations to the church (1953-4) were by Gillespie, Kidd & Coia including fresco restoration by William Crosbie. The style is Baroque Revival with predominantly rock-faced red ashlar. Brother Walfrid the Marist Brother was the first headmaster of the parish school - Sacred Heart School. Born Andrew Kerins in the village of Ballymote in County Sligo in Ireland, he joined the Marist order in his Twenties, moving to Scotland in 1870. It was here, in the East End of Glasgow, that he founded Celtic Football Club as a way of raising funds and helping feed the poor and impoverished in this part of the city notably in the poor children dinner tables in Savoy Street in the parish.

Parish

The church has one Sunday Mass at 9:30am.

Clergy

• Rev. Edward Noonan (1872-1886)
• Rev. Francis J. Hughes (1886-1904)
• Very Rev. Michael Canon Hughes (1904-1921)
• Rt. Rev. Mgr. Anthony Provost Mullins (1921-1955)
• Rt. Rev. Mgr. Peter M. Canon Morrison O.B.E (1955-1967)
• Rev. Denis Meechan (1967-1974)
• Rev. Daniel Moore (1974-1977)
• Rev. Patrick J. Henry (1977-1978)
• Rev. Matthew Coakley (1978-1982)
• Rev. Joseph Murphy (1982-1990)
• Rev. Joseph Cairns (1990-1998)
• Rev. John McGinley (1998-2000)
• Rev. Kevin Ryan S.X (2000-2010)
• Rev. Stephen Dunn (2010-2014)
• Rt. Rev. Mgr Paul Canon Conroy (2014-2021)
• Rev. Liam McMahon (2021-present)

See also

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow

External links

• Media related to Sacred Heart Church, Glasgow at Wikimedia Commons