St Wilfrid's | The York Oratory

St Wilfrid’s, Duncombe Place, YO1 7EF

Sundays

5.00pm
Saturday Vigil
8.30am
Not sung (English)
10.30am
Sung English
12.00pm
Sung Latin
4.00pm
Vespers & Benediction

Weekdays

8.15am
Not sung (Latin)
11.30am
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
12.10pm
Not sung (English)

Saturdays

9.15am
Not sung (Latin)
11.30am
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
12.10pm
Not sung (English)
5.00pm
Vigil Mass (English, not sung)


Confessions are heard before all Masses

About St Wilfrid’s Church

St Wilfrid's Church, York, was originally built in the medieval era and once stood where the Assembly Rooms are now. The church fell into disuse and was demolished in the sixteenth century. From 1760, a priest’s house and chapel operated quietly on Little Blake Street, and a small chapel opened on the present site of St Wilfrid’s in 1802.

In 1864 the new St Wilfrid’s Church opened. Its prominent position was possible because of the clearing of the streets in front of the Minster and the creation of Duncombe Place. For the first thirteen years of its life, St Wilfrid's Church was the cathedral of the Diocese of Beverley, after which the diocese was split in to Leeds and Middlesbrough Dioceses. St Wilfrid’s is still known as the Mother Church of the City of York and is the spiritual heart of the Catholic faith in our city.

Founding The York Oratory

In 2013, Bishop Terence Patrick Drainey invited the Congregation of the Oratory to make a foundation at St Wilfrid’s. The first Fathers arrived in October that year. In November 2019, Pope Francis permanently established the Congregation of the Oratory in York at St Wilfrid’s Church.

St Wilfrid’s is a visible sign of the Gospel to all those who visit York. It is open every day from 8am to 6pm as a place of prayer and pilgrimage.

St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School

The school is a Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School providing education for boys and girls aged between four plus and eleven years. The Parishes served are St. Wilfrid’s, St. Joseph’s, St. Paulinus and St. Margaret Clitherow. The school enjoys a unique situation near the city walls with close proximity to many of York’s major educational and cultural attractions.

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