University Church of St Mary the Virgin

University Church of St Mary the Virgin
Church from Radcliffe Square
University Church of St Mary the Virgin
51°45′10″N 1°15′13.45″W / 51.75278°N 1.2537361°W / 51.75278; -1.2537361
Location	Oxford
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	High Church / Liberal Catholic
Website	universitychurch.ox.ac.uk
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	About 1490
Dedication	Blessed Virgin Mary
Consecrated	About 1500
Events	Site of the 1555 trial of the Oxford Martyrs
Associated people	Adam de Brome, John Henry Newman
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I listed
Designated	12 January 1954
Style	English Gothic
Specifications
Number of spires	1
Spire height	191 feet (58 metres)
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Oxford
Parish	Oxford
Clergy
Vicar(s)	William Lamb
Assistant priest(s)	Hannah Cartwright, Charlotte Bannister Parker, Jane Baun, John Findon, Bruce Kinsey, Stephen McCarthy, Judith Maltby, Alvyn Pettersen, Laurence Price, Alan Ramsey, Donald Reece
Laity
Director of music	Robert Howarth
Organist(s)	John Webster (died 1974) James Brown
Churchwarden(s)	Nicholas Hardyman, Janet Greenland

The University Church of St Mary the Virgin (St Mary's or SMV for short) is an Anglican church in Oxford situated on the north side of the High Street. It is the centre from which the University of Oxford grew and its parish consists almost exclusively of university and college buildings.