St Mary's Church, Clapham, officially Our Immaculate Lady of Victories, is a Grade II*-listed

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on Clapham Park Road in

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run by the London province of the Redemptorist Congregation within the Archdiocese of Southwark. The church is located on the corner of

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, near Clapham Common tube station. The current Bishop of Hallam, Ralph Heskett, was parish priest at St Mary's between 1999 and 2008. The current parish priest of St Mary's is Fr Caspar Mukabva CSsR.

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Founded by Bishop (later

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, the foundation stone of the current church of St Mary's was laid in 1849. Designed in a

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, with fittings by John Francis Bentley, the building was completed during 1851 and blessed by Cardinal Wiseman on 14 May 1851. On 8 February 1979 the church was listed on the

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. The church is joined to the adjacent Redemptorist monastery which is also a grade II* listed building.

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Official website of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, ClaphamOfficial website of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Clapham

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