St Mary on the Quay

St Mary on the Quay is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Bristol, England.

[1] From the 1740s, Catholics in Bristol could pray in a private chapel, on St James Back (which was later renamed as Silver Street).

With the Catholic population of the city increasing, a new, larger place of worship had to be sought.

It was turned into a school and parish hall for St Mary on the Quay Church.

[3] The Jesuits administered the parish until 1996, when the church was placed under the care of the Diocese of Clifton.

[6] In 2004, the Bishop of Clifton, Declan Lang, invited the Divine Word Missionaries to serve the parish which they continue to do.

The archive also includes registers of sick calls and records of the Heavens Orphanage, schools and societies.