Church of St Walburge, Preston

St Walburge's Church
Catholic Church of St Walburge's, Preston
View from the east, along Pedder Street, with St. Mark's in the distance
St Walburge's Church Location in Preston
53°45′46″N 2°42′54″W / 53.7629°N 2.7150°W / 53.7629; -2.7150
OS grid reference	SD5296129851
Location	Preston, Lancashire
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	icksp.org.uk/preston/
History
Status	Active
Founded	1847
Dedication	Saint Walpurga
Consecrated	3 August 1854
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	12 June 1950[1]
Architect(s)	J. A. Hansom
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	May 1850
Completed	1873
Specifications
Length	55 yards (50 m)
Width	18 yards (16 m)
Spire height	309 feet (94 m)
Materials	Sandstone body, slate roof Limestone steeple
Administration
Province	Liverpool
Diocese	Lancaster
Deanery	Preston[2]
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Bishop Paul Swarbrick
Rector	Canon Gwenael Cristofoli

St Walburge's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Preston, Lancashire, England, northwest of the city centre on Weston Street. The church was built in the mid-19th century to a design by the Gothic Revival architect Joseph Hansom, the designer of the hansom cab, and is famous as having the tallest spire of any parish church in England. St Walburge's is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building.^[1]

In 2014 Michael Campbell, Roman Catholic Bishop of Lancaster, entrusted the church to the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest as a shrine for Eucharistic Devotion.^[3]