Welcome To Our Parish Website

Our Parish Church is St Mary's, Middlewich.
The Mass centre of St Margaret Ward in Holmes Chapel is also part of our Parish.
Our Parish Priest is Fr Vijay Bhupathi and our Deacon is Rev Deacon Tony Ford
The Parish covers Middlewich, Holmes Chapel, Goostrey, Byley and Cranage, and lies on both sides of Junction 18 of the M6.

PARISH NEWS

1. Parish: Special note regarding parish pilgrimage to Medugorje.

I am sorry, but the office at St Mary’s Church will not be manned this week due to our parish pilgrimage. Emails or phone messages will not be picked up until Tuesday 2nd June 2026.
If you are in URGENT need of a priest please contact one of the neighbouring parishes or Fr Peter Burke will be available on 07584124599 (Fr Peter will not be able to help with any parish enquiries).
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Fr Vijay prefers to be contacted on his mobile phone 07836 614833. Father Vijay is usually available in the presbytery on Wednesday from 9:30am to 12:30pm, Friday 1:00pm to 5:00pm, and at other times by appointment.
Please note the current Parish Office Hours for the parish secretary are
Monday and Tuesday 9:30 to 11:30
Friday 9:30 to 12:00
At other times you can send an email and we will contact you. Click for contact details.

2. SVP - The parish SVP Group is active. For further details contact the SVP Group via the information on the Parish Groups page.

3. Parish Donations - For more details click here to go to Parish Donations page, or contact presbytery by email at stmarysrcmiddlewich@gmail.com.

4. CAFOD – See CAFOD page for more details.

5. See the Useful Links page for many contact details on local organisations providing assistance and information. The list includes medical contacts, council information and community groups.

6. Middlewich & District Foodbank is part of the Trussell Trust and provides 7 days of emergency food and support to local people. Updated information regarding the Middlewich Foodbank is available here on the parish website, see Foodbank.

7. Prayer Ministry - see Faith Resources for a Parish Prayer from Fr Peter. Prayers recently added for peace in the world and the Holy Land, alongside the prayer for peace in Ukraine.