St. Oswald King & Martyr, Old Swan

Old Swan, Merseyside

Parish of St Oswald, King and Martyr · Archdiocese of Liverpool

Photograph of St. Oswald King & Martyr, Old Swan
Image: St Oswald's King and Martyr Catholic Church by Ian Greig (Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0)

Mass times this week

Regular weekly timetable

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Wed

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Thu

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Fri

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Sat

  • 16:30 Vigil

Sun

  • 09:30

Weekdays Check parish for weekday Mass locations

What the parish's page says
WEEKDAY MASS TIMES Monday - 10:00am (StC) Tuesday - 10:00am (CAR) NO MASS/SERVICE ON WEDNESDAY Thursday - 10:00am (StC) Friday - 10:00am (CAR) StC - St. Cuthbert's Chapel CAR - Carlo Acutis Room (St. Sebastian's) ... Saturday - 4:30pm (StO) ... Sunday - 9:30am (StO) ... StO - St. Oswald's Church
Source: stoandsts.co.uk — Official parish or diocesan source. Retrieved 18 October 2026. Source last checked 18 October 2026. Check with the parish for changes and holy days.

Confession Times

Saturday
15:45–16:15 at St Oswald

Adoration & Devotions

Adoration

Saturday 15:30–16:15 at St Oswald

Rosary

Thursday 09:15–10:00

Access, Parking & Facilities

Hearing loop
Available

Diocesan directory says access to church; details unspecified.

Information sources

About St. Oswald King & Martyr, Old Swan

St. Oswald King & Martyr, Old Swan is a Roman Catholic church in Old Swan, Merseyside. It is part of the Archdiocese of Liverpool.

Introduction

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin designed the west tower and broach spire of Saint Oswald King & Martyr, Old Swan, which were built in 1842.

Architecture and furnishings

The church is constructed of red sandstone, concrete, and brick. The tower features diagonal buttresses and a pointed west entrance without capitals, topped by a hood mould with head stops. The broach spire has three tiers of lucarnes on alternate faces. The church has a canted stair turret to the south with a hipped stone roof.

The tower has a 3-light window above the west entrance with reticulated tracery. The tower's third stage has cusped lancets on three sides. The top stage of the tower has paired 2-light bell openings over a weathering, with Geometrical tracery.

Parish life

The parish arranges home Communion visits and anointing for the housebound and those going into hospital. The parish runs a lottery.

First Holy Communion is usually celebrated in Year 4 of school. Marriages are celebrated by appointment.

Sources for this profile

  1. Church of St Oswald, Non Civil Parish - 1073477 | Historic EnglandRetrieved 8 October 2026 Source text © Historic England, licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0. Summarised by RomanCatholic.co.uk.
  2. Home | St. Oswald's and St. Sebastian's ParishRetrieved 26 September 2026
  3. Holy Communion | St Os and St SebRetrieved 8 October 2026
  4. Marriage | St Os and St SebRetrieved 8 October 2026

Clergy

  • Priest Rev Liam Collister
  • Deacon Rev John Power

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Map location for St. Oswald King & Martyr, Old Swan

St. Oswald St., Old Swan, Merseyside, L13 5SB