St Edmund Campion

Watlington, Oxfordshire

Archdiocese of Birmingham

Photograph of St Edmund Campion
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Sunday Mass

9am

Mass times this week

Regular weekly timetable

Mon

  • –

Tue

  • –

Wed

  • –

Thu

  • –

Fri

  • –

Sat

  • 10:00

Sun

  • 9am

Parish schedules can change on holy days of obligation.

What the parish's page says
Saturday Mass at, 10.00am
Source: St Edmund Campion R.C. Church, Watlington - Home. Retrieved 26 September 2026. Last changed on the source page 26 September 2026. Check with the parish for changes and holy days.

Confession Times

Saturday
after the 10:00 Mass, until 11:00

Adoration & Devotions

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Saturday after the 10:00 Mass.

Opening Times & Private Prayer

Open daily for private prayer; hours are not specified.

Information sources

About St Edmund Campion

St Edmund Campion is a Roman Catholic church in Watlington, Oxfordshire. It is part of the Archdiocese of Birmingham.

Introduction

The church is dedicated to St Edmund Campion (1540-1581), the Jesuit priest and martyr who was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn in London.

History

The original Catholic church on this site in Watlington was founded in 1929 by the chaplain of the Chapel of the Holy Trinity at Stonor Park. The dedication of the original church was to The Sacred Heart. The church has a small resin bronze sculpture, The Holly and The Ivy, 1982, by Faith Tolkien.

Parish life

The church is part of a deanery with ten places of worship and twenty weekend Masses. The parish is part of a deanery that has five priests running seven parishes. The parish is part of a plan to create one parish from the seven churches in South Oxfordshire. The parish is part of a deanery that has a plan to have one bank account for the parish.

Sacraments and pastoral care

Catholic parents living in the parish can contact the parish priest about having their child baptised at St Edmund's. Children in Year 3 or above who have been baptised can take part in First Holy Communion lessons and the sacrament.

Sources for this profile

  1. About - St Edmund Campion R.C. Church, WatlingtonRetrieved 26 September 2026
  2. DATES FOR YOUR DIARY - St Edmund Campion R.C. Church, WatlingtonRetrieved 9 October 2026
  3. Baptism and holy communion - St Edmund Campion R.C. Church, WatlingtonRetrieved 9 October 2026

Clergy

  • Priest Rev Fr Andrew Foster

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2 Watcombe Road, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5QJ

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