It is situated on Justice Street between Peacock's Close and Market Stance, next to St Andrew's Cathedral in the centre of the city.

It was the first permanent Roman Catholic Church to be built in Aberdeen after the Reformation and is a category B listed building.

[2] In early 1803, materials and funds for the construction of a church were collected by Fr Gordon.

The chapel became too small for the increasing Catholic population of the city and a new, larger church needed to be built.

On 19 August 1804, the church was dedicated by the Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District, Alexander Cameron.

In 1862, the presbytery became a "home for the aged and infirm" run by a group of religious sisters from Hammersmith.