The Holy Name is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church located in the Jesmond suburb in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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History
The parish of the Holy Name was founded on December 1, 1901; the first place of cult was established in a leased house at 68 Manor House Road. On January 18, 1903, a temporary iron church was inaugurated in St George's Terrace, which served as the main chapel for almost 27 years. A parish hall called "Osborne Hall" was built in 1922; that building is now part of the Jesmond swimming baths. A new church was planned and construction began on June 24, 1928.
The church
The new church, with capacity for 400 attendees, was built by 1929 and is located at the junction of Mitchell Avenue and North Jesmond Avenue. It possesses several stained windows in different artistic styles; many of the features of a typical Catholic church can be found such as the tabernacle, the fourteen stations of the cross, the baptismal pile, and depictions of the four gospel writers, among others. Behind the sanctuary four panels containing large pictures of saints are arranged at each side of the main feature behind the altar: a metal cross with the phrase "Every knee shall bend" around the word Jesus. The saints in the panels are, from left to right, St Thomas Beckett, St Thomas More, St Margaret Clitheroe, St Gabriel, St Michael, St Margaret of Scotland, St John Fisher, and St Cuthbert holding the head of St Oswald.
List of parish priests
Jurisdiction
The Holy Name parish belongs to the deanery of St Andrew and St Anthony, in the Episcopal area of Newcastle and North Tyneside, and is part of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
The geographical jurisdiction of the Holy Name parish borders on the North with St Charles's parish (South Gosforth), on the South with St Dominic's parish (Byker), on the East with the Jesmond Dene, and on the West with the Town Moor. During its first lustrum of existence, the Holy Name parish included the district of Benton on the East which is now appointed to St Aidan's parish. Currently, the Holy Name serves about 200 active parishioners who attend religious services mainly during the weekends.