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 Preston’s second church to be run by the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (ICKSP).
In 2014 the institute was entrusted with the running of the landmark St Walburge’s Church.
The institute is expected to assume responsibility for the second church this autumn, Bishop Michael Campbell of Lancaster said on Sunday.
