In the mid-1950s the district of Langley on the north western outskirts of Middleton was designated for Manchester overspill housing. A Catholic curate was appointed in 1953 and in 1954 a Romney hut (a variant of a Nissen hut) was acquired and erected here to serve as a temporary church.
The present church was built on the site of the Romney hut in 1959-60, being opened by Bishop Beck in August 1960. It was designed by J. B. Ellis to seat 800, and cost £24,000. The building is in the modern Romanesque style; its tall campanile is a local landmark, and houses a bell cast by Taylor’s of Loughborough. The church was consecrated in November 1961.
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