[3] From 1867, the Catholic community in Lowestoft was served by a Jesuit mission from St Mary's Church, Great Yarmouth.

The small Catholic population worshipped in rooms hired in three different buildings in Lowestoft until a permanent chapel was established in a net loft in 1881, when the diocesan parish was founded under the leadership of Apostolic Missionary, Fr.

[citation needed] However, the chapel became too small to accommodate the increasing congregation, and under a new priest Fr.

[5] F. W. Richards had his practice on Stanley Street, Lowestoft, and also designed the Primitive Methodist Chapel in Oulton Broad, Suffolk.

The former congregationalist church was also designed by George Baines and F. W. Richards and in the Arts and Crafts style.

On 11 August 1995, an ecumenical ceremony took place that involved the handing over of a Gospel book from the United Reformed Church to the Catholic community.