Church of Our Lady of Ostrobrama, Bristol

Church of Our Lady of Ostrobrama
Kościół Matki Bożej Ostrobramskiej
51°27′58.090″N 2°35′27.715″W / 51.46613611°N 2.59103194°W / 51.46613611; -2.59103194
Address2 Arley Hill, Cotham, Bristol, England
DenominationRoman Catholic
Previous denominationCongregational
Websitewww.parafiabristol.uk
History
StatusParish church
Founded1855
DedicationOur Lady of the Gate of Dawn
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Architect(s)Foster & Wood
StyleItalianate
CompletedJune 1855
Construction cost£4,000 (1855)
Administration
DioceseClifton

Our Lady of Ostrobrama (Polish: Kościół Matki Bożej Ostrobramskiej), formerly Arley Chapel, is a mid-19th-century church on Arley Hill, Cotham, Bristol, England. Built in 1855 as a Congregational chapel to designs by Foster & Wood, it has been the principal Polish Roman Catholic church in Southwest England since 1968, and is a Grade II listed building.

The church serves an estimated 1,200 worshippers and functions as a regional centre for the Polish Catholic Mission. In May 2016 it hosted a gathering of eighty Polish clergy for the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy.

Traditional Polish devotions remain prominent; hundreds attend the annual Święconka. The premises also serve the wider diaspora as a polling station for Polish national elections.