Welcome to our Parish

Welcome to the Parish of Saints Columba and Theresa Chester!

We are a Roman Catholic community, part of the Diocese of Shrewsbury

Inspired by the Gospel values and the virtues of St. Columba and St. Theresa Chester, we strive to live lives of faith, hope, and dedication to building a loving community.  We are continually renewed by the Word of the Lord, fortified by the Holy Sacraments and active community life.

The parish is served by the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Holy Ghost Fathers/Spiritans).

St Theresa’s church was opened in 1959 to serve the people of Blacon and surrounding areas on the NW side of Chester.
St Columba’s church was opened in 1965 to serve the people of NE Chester and its surrounding districts.

The parish is within  ‘Local Pastoral Area’ (LPA 11) for Chester and District, which includes the parishes of St Clare (Lache), St Cuthbert (Mouldsworth), St Francis (City Centre), St Thomas Becket (Tarporley), and St Werburgh (City Centre).

Parish Merger

On 16th July 2019, the previously separate parishes of St Columba and St Theresa were merged into a single entity: THE PARISH OF ST. COLUMBA & ST. THERESA, CHESTER.

• the DECREE of MERGER and
• the DECREE ALTERING THE BOUNDARIES OF PARISHES.

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• Click here for a brief-history (PDF format) of St Columba’s, prepared in connection with our church’s participation in the Heritage Open Days programme organised by Chester Civic Trust in 2010.
• Click here for the PDF version of the booklet produced in 1990 to mark the Silver Jubilee of the founding of the parish: St Columba history   It provides lots of information about many of the personalities involved with the development of the parish.
• Go to www.taking-stock.org.uk for a developing database of information about the architectural and historic characteristics of every Catholic church and chapel across the dioceses of England and Wales. It is a project part-funded by English Heritage. St Columba’s has an entry in this database – run a search for st columba chester

The Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury, Registered Charity No 234025.