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997: 61: 42: 532: 1345: 1357: 1333: 1321: 513: 68: 359:. The current parish priest (since February 2010) is Canon John O'Shea. Sunday masses are well-attended often with standing room only; the parish boasts a large number of nationalities among its regular congregation. 348: 910: 419: 91: 1384: 1071: 996: 559: 60: 903: 1101: 316:, a style not normally associated with Pugin, and was probably influenced by the proximity of the Abbey ruins. The exterior of the building is of 1086: 1014: 1399: 517: 1394: 1389: 896: 17: 1021: 1051: 669: 1305: 1241: 1221: 1166: 1216: 552: 715: 1181: 1176: 1131: 659: 366:, Archbishop of Westminster from 2000 to 2009, was baptised in St James's and served at the altar there regularly as a boy. 919: 545: 499:
Reformation, Revolution and Rebirth: The Story of the Return of Catholicism to Reading and the Founding of St James' Parish
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dressings and a Roman tile roof. Construction started in 1837 and the church opened on 5 August 1840. In 1925, the south
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era. Its founder was James Wheble, who owned land in the area at that time. The church was designed by the architect
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and is one of his first church designs. Parts of the church were built using stones from the Abbey ruins.
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were added. In 1962, the church was further extended by a north aisle into which was relocated the
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Our Lady Queen of Peace and Blessed Margaret Pole, Southbourne
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St James' Church, Reading

Forbury Gardens
St James's Church is located in Reading Central
51°27′25.48″N 0°57′55.13″W / 51.4570778°N 0.9653139°W / 51.4570778; -0.9653139
Reading
England
Denomination
Roman Catholic
jameswilliam-reading.org.uk
Dedication
St James
Grade II
Architect(s)
A. W. N. Pugin
Province
Diocese
Portsmouth
Deanery
Roman Catholic
Reading
English
Berkshire
Reading Abbey
Forbury Gardens
Reading Gaol
Reading Abbey
post-Reformation
A. W. N. Pugin
Norman

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