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Sacriston St. Bede Roman Catholic Parish

Reference: RC/Sa Catalogue Title: Sacriston St. Bede Roman Catholic Parish Area: Catalogue Category: Non-Conformist Church Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1870-1987

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Catalogue Description

Records of the Roman Catholic Parish of Sacriston, St. Bede

Catalogue Contents

Sacriston St. Bede Roman Catholic Parish (Ref: RC/Sa)Registration (Ref: RC/Sa 1/1-12)Registers of baptisms (Ref: RC/Sa 1/1-5)

Register of baptisms, including index, 27 November 1870 - 1 September 1878
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of baptisms, including index, 8 September 1878 - 14 October 1894
(1 volume, leather, half-bound)


Register of baptisms, including index, 21 October 1894 - 19 December 1915
(1 volume, leather, half-bound)


Register of baptisms, including index, 9 January 1916 - 28 December 1929
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of baptisms, 11 January 1930 - 30 April 1958
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Registers of marriages (Ref: RC/Sa 1/6-7)

for more registers of marriages see RC/MR 7


Register of marriages, 22 April 1882 - 13 December 1924 For enclosure see: RC/Sa 1/12
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of marriages, 24 May 1925 - 18 March 1967
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Registers of deaths (Ref: RC/Sa 1/8-11)

Register of deaths, including index, 29 August 1882 - 14 December 1901
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Register of deaths, including index, 20 December 1901 - 23 December 1913
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of deaths, including index, 5 January 1914 - 24 December 1918
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Register of deaths, 9 February 1919 - 22 April 1968
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Indexes to registers (Ref: RC/Sa 1/12)

Index of marriage register (RC/Sa 1/6), April 1882 - December 1924
(3 papers)

Clergy (Ref: RC/Sa 2/)Mass intention books (Ref: RC/Sa 2/1-2)

Mass intention book, 5 December 1959 - 7 May 1972
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Mass intention book, 13 June 1972 - 22 July 1986
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Church notice books (Ref: RC/Sa 2/3-17)

Church notice book, including banns, 5 June 1881 - 18 March 1894
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 25 March 1894 - 30 July 1899
(1 volume, card bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 13 August 1899 - 8 January 1904
(1 volume, card bound)


Church notice book, 1 January 1905 - 7 January 1906
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 7 January 1906 - 27 December 1908
(1 volume, leather, half-bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 3 January 1909 - 25 December 1911
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 17 December 1911 - 5 January 1913
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 5 January 1913 - 28 December 1913
(1 volume, card bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 4 January 1914 - 31 December 1916
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 7 January 1917 - 26 February 1922
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 5 March 1922 - 26 June 1927
(1 volume, card bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 3 July 1927 - 27 December 1931
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 30 August 1964 - 21 September 1975
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church notice book, including banns, 28 September 1975 - 23 May 1982
(1 volume, cloth bound)


Church notice sheets, 16 March 1975 - 29 April 1984 (many gaps)
(32 papers)

Services (Ref: RC/Sa 2/18-19)

Notes for sermons, c.1972-1976
(11 papers)


Directories of masses pro popolo to be held every Sunday and on certain other feast days, 1963-1969
(13 papers)

Photographs (Ref: RC/Sa 2/20-41)

Photograph of a group of priests about to begin cleaning and decorating a room, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 black and white photograph, 13.6 cm. x 8.7 cm.)


Photograph of Fr. Mulligan with a group of clergy and laypersons at Lourdes, 1952
(1 black and white photograph, 18.1 cm. x 24.4 cm.)


Photographs showing church dignitaries and crowds (during a rally to celebrate the Marian Year?], n.d. [1954?]
(3 black and white photographs, 13.8 cm. x 8.9 cm.)


Photographs of children in Sacriston on the occasion of their first communion, with Fr. Mulligan and mothers of the children, n.d. [1960s - c.1978]
(22 black and white photographs, 3 colour photographs)


Miscellaneous photographs of Fr. Mulligan, n.d. [c.1960s - 1970s]
(2 black and white photographs, 3 colour photographs)


Photographs of priests, including Fr. Mulligan, in groups and also officiating at services, n.d. [c.1970s]
(6 colour photographs, card mounted)


Photograph of Fr. Mulligan with Jimmy Montgomery, Sunderland F.C. goalkeeper and various onlookers, n.d. [1960s?]
(1 black and white photograph, 21.7 cm. x 16.4 cm.)


Copy photograph of Rev. Edward Costello, n.d. [late 20th c. copy of c.1900 photograph]
(1 black and white photograph, 8.8 cm. x 13.1 cm.)


Copy photograph of Rev. Fr. Thomas Hartley, n.d. [late 20th c. copy of c.1905 - 1910 photograph]
(1 black and white photograph, 8.9 cm. x 13.1 cm.)


Copy photograph of Rev. Edward Costello, n.d. [late 20th c. copy of early 20th c. photograph]
(1 black and white photograph, 10 cm. x 15 cm.)


Photograph of Fr. Mulligan and other priest in St. Peter's Square, Rome, n.d.
(1 black and white photograph, 18 cm. x 13 cm.)


Photograph of Fr. Mulligan at religious shrine, n.d.
(1 black and white photograph, card mounted, 20.3 cm. x 11 cm.)


Photograph of Fr. Mulligan distributing shamrocks at church service, n.d.
(2 black and white photographs, 21.5 cm. x 16.6 cm.)


Photograph of Fr. Mulligan and another clergyman, n.d.
(1 black and white photograph, 21 cm. x 16.9 cm.)


Photograph of person dressed as Santa Claus, with priest and layperson, n.d.
(1 black and white photograph, 8.8 cm. x 8.9 cm.)


Photographs of various weddings in the parish, with officiating clergy, n.d.
(4 black and white photographs)


Photograph of Fr. Mulligan blessing a ship prior to its launch, n.d.
(1 black and white photograph, 21.6 cm. x 16.4 cm.)


Photographs of Fr. Mulligan officiating at a wedding [in Kilkenny, Ireland] and with the wedding party, n.d.
(5 black and white photographs)


Photographs of church processions in Sacriston, n.d.
(4 black and white photographs)


Photograph of church and other dignitaries at sporting occasion, n.d.
(1 black and white photograph, 16.6 cm. x 10.5 cm.)


Photograph of unidentified church dignitaries, n.d.
(1 photograph, black and white, 20.2 cm. x 15.2 cm.)


Photographs of various unidentified clergymen, n.d.
(4 black and white photographs)

Church Fabric and Property (Ref: RC/Sa 3/)Photographs (Ref: RC/Sa 3/1-2)

(See also RC/SA 15/12)


Photographs of the interior and exterior of St. Bede's RC Church, Sacriston, some with clergy and congregation, n.d. [c.1981]
(40 colour photographs)


Photographs of the interior of St. Bede's Church, n.d.
(5 black and white photographs)

Fraternities, Sodalities and Church Societies (Ref: RC/Sa 6/1)

Minute book of the meetings of the Legion of Mary, 30 May 1940 - 3 June 1942
(1 volume, card bound)

Schools and Education (Ref: RC/Sa 9/)Managers' minutes (Ref: RC/Sa 9/1)

Minute book of the managers of St. Bede's RC School, Sacriston, 1 February 1905 - 20 February 1987
(1 volume, card bound)

Photographs (Ref: RC/Sa 9/2-3)

Photograph of class at St. Bede's RC School, n.d. [c.1890s]
(1 black and white photograph, card mounted, 24.7 cm. x 17 cm.)


Photographs taken at St. Bede's RC School, n.d. [c.1970s]
(3 black and white photographs)

Miscellaneous (Ref: RC/Sa 9/4)

Circular letter to parents of prospective pupils of St. Bede's RC Junior Mixed and Infants School, giving information about the school, September 1985
(2 papers, typescript)

Miscellaneous (Ref: RC/Sa 15/)Commemorative booklets (Ref: RC/Sa 15/1-2)

Booklet published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the dedication of St. Cuthbert's [RC] Chapel, Durham, 1977
(1 booklet)


Booklet published to commemorate the centenary of St. Bede's Sacriston, 1981
(1 booklet)

Photographs (Ref: RC/Sa 15/3-11)

Photograph of unidentified building, n.d.
(1 black and white photograph, card mounted, 8.3 cm. x 13.3 cm.)


Photograph of a women's social evening at St. Bede's [Parish Hall], n.d.
(1 photograph, black and white, card mounted, 13.6 cm. x 8.6 cm.)


Photograph of interior and exterior details of unidentified building, n.d.
(2 black and white photographs, 8.8 cm. x 13.8 cm.)


Photographs of unidentified persons, n.d.
(2 black and white photographs)


Photographs of the interior of an unidentified church, and also of a statue in the church, n.d.
(2 black and white photographs)


Photographs of the exteriors of various churches, n.d.
(5 black and white photographs)


Photograph of black labrador dog, n.d.
(1 black and white photograph, 8.7 cm. x 11.4 cm.)


Photographs of church outings, n.d.
(2 black and white photographs, 9.1 cm. x 8.9 cm.)


Photographic negative of small boy (originally enclosed in envelope endorsed 'lent by Father Mulligan'), n.d.
(1 black and white negative)

List of benefactors (Ref: RC/Sa 15/12)

List of benefactors of the church and donors of pictures in the sanctuary, 1893
(1 volume, card-bound)