[3] Around 1774, Fr Charles Howard came from Marton to serve the small number of Catholics in Hull.

Following the loss of the chapel Catholics were forced to meet in private until in 1798 when Fr Pierre Foucher arrived in Hull, fleeing the French Revolution.

He paid for a small chapel in North Street to be built from his own funds.

He obtained a site in Jarratt Street and began the construction of the present church.

In later years the aisles were added and the present decor seen in the church was undertaken in 1899 under the stewardship of Canon Sullivan.