The Bishop of Lancaster has entrusted a beautiful Pugin church in Preston to a traditionalist institute.
The grade-II listed Church of St Thomas of Canterbury and the English Martyrs will be the second church in Preston to be run by the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (ICKSP). In 2014 the institute was handed the landmark St Walburge’s church.
Bishop Michael Campbell said on Sunday that the institute was expected to assume responsibility for the English Martyrs church this autumn.
The move was at the request of Bishop Campbell and in agreement with Mgr Gilles Wach, prior general of the institute, together with rector of the parish Canon Adrian Towers.
