It is the only church in England administered by the Priests of the Sacred Heart and is a Grade II listed building.

[3][4] During the late 18th century, the local Catholic population in Stockport were served by priests from Manchester.

In the first half of the nineteenth century, the Catholic congregation increased with the influx of workers at Stockport’s mills.

In 1845, a priest would come from the chapel (which in 1905 would be replaced by Our Lady and the Apostles Church in Edgeley) to the centre of Stockport to say Mass in a temporary school in Parson’s Yard.

[4] In 1861, the foundation stone for the church was laid by the Bishop of Salford, William Turner.