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1; 67113 - A pastoral letter to the faithful of the diocese of Birmingham, 1877. 11pp. 1877. ULLATHORNE (WILLIAM BERNARD). - 1877
1; 73138 - Tertia Synodus dioecesana Birminghamiensis, habita in Ecclesia Cathedrali Sancti Ceaddae. (Derby) 35pp. 1864 NOTE - In Synodi Dioecesonce. St. Chad's Cathedral.
1; 74777 - Ullathorne (W.B.) bishop. Discourse delivered at the requiem for Pius IX at St. Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham. 20pp. 1878. St. Chad's Cathedral. - 1878
1; 74778 - A pastoral letter, addressed to the faithful of the dioceses of Birmingham and Nottingham. 8pp. 1850. ULLATHORNE (WILLIAM BERNARD). - 1850
1; 74779 - A pastoral letter to the faithful of the diocese of Birmingham, 1869. 16pp. 1869. ULLATHORNE (WILLIAM BERNARD). - 1869
01; 309497 - The Official Congress guide and programme. The National Catholic Congress, Birmingham, August 3rd to 7th, 1923. Catholic Congress (National), Birmingham, 1923. - 1923
01; 309498 - The Official Congress guide and programme. The National Catholic Congress, Birmingham, August 3rd to 7th, 1923. Catholic Congress (National), Birmingham, 1923. - 1923
01; 389396 - Catholic News year book. Containing notable incidents in the Catholic life of Birmingham and the Midlands, 1928 and a blotter calendar 1929-30. Supplement to the Birmingham Catholic News April 27, 1929. 24pp. 1929. - 1929
1; 610213 - The story of the Archdiocese of Birmingham. - 1950
1; 661956 - Articles for the informative process of the beatification and canonisation of Sister Margaret (Hallahan) 1803-68, foundress of the English Dominican congregation of Saint Catherine of Siena. - 1936
02; 57792 - The Oscotian. Or literary gazette of St. Mary's, Oscott. 2nd edition. Volumes 1, 2. 2 volumes. Illus. 1828-9. Oscott College (St. Mary's R.C.).
02; 82688 - The Oscotian. Or literary gazette of St. Mary's, Oscott. New series. Quarterly. Numbers 1 - 22 (April 1881 - July 1888). All published. 8 volumes. 1881-8. Oscott College (St. Mary's R.C.).
02; 91500 - The Oscotian. No. 17. Bishop Ullathorne : the story of his life. Selected letters etc. Ports. Illus. Facsimiles. 1886. ULLATHORNE (WILLIAM BERNARD). - 1886
02; 105800 - The Oscotian. Or literary gazette of St. Mary's, Oscott. The Jubilee of Oscott. 1838 - 1888. Ports. Illus. 1888. Oscott College (St. Mary's R.C.). - 1888
02; 137924 - Damien Institute Monthly Magazine (The). Volumes 1 - 13, February 1895 - December 1907. (Birmingham) All published. Ports. Illus. 13 volumes. 1895 - 1907. . - 1907
02; 148886 - The buildings, museum, pictures and library of St. Mary’s College, Oscott. Two lectures given to the students of the college, 1898. 29pp. 1899. GREANEY (WILLIAM) canon. - 1899
02; 148887 - Catalogue of pictures, wood-carvings, manuscripts and other works of art and antiquity in St. Mary’s College, Oscott, 1880. With appendix, 1899. 2 volumes. 67pp. 1880-99. GREANEY (WILLIAM) canon.
02; 215201 - The Oscotian. Or literary gazette of St. Mary's, Oscott. 3rd series. Volume 1 etc. (December 1900 etc.). Oscott College (St. Mary's R.C.).
02; 250940 - The Oscotian. Or literary gazette of St. Mary's, Oscott. Monthly. Volume 2, numbers xi, xiv (1827) and one number of volume 3 (1829) with mutilated cover. 2 volumes. Illus. 1827-9. Oscott College (St. Mary's R.C.).
02; 281134 - The buildings, museum, pictures and library of St. Mary’s College, Oscott. Two lectures given to the students of the college in 1898 and again in 1918. Reprinted with minor emendations and notes. In The Oscotian. Volume 19. 3rd series. 1919. GREANEY (WILLIAM) canon. - 1919
02; 284572 - Picture postcards of Oscott College. c.1917. Oscott College (St. Mary's R.C.). - 1917
02; 337594 - The Oscotian. 3rd series. Vol. 26. Illus. 1926. - 1926
02; 420505 - Fitzgerald v. Northcote and another after D. Fitzgerald's expulsion from Oscott College. Report of the proceedings with introductory narrative and other documents and letter to parents and guardians of students at Oscott sent out with the Report, by Dr. Northcote. 1866. Trials. - 1866
02; 544081 - Pious biography for young men, or, The virtuous scholars / translated from Les E?coliers vertueux [by E. Peach and dedicated to the students of St. Mary's College, Oscott]. - 1814
02; 661955 - Short sermons preached in the chapel of St. Mary's College, Oscott / collected and edited by the President. - 1876
02; 700743 - Acta et Decreta primi concilii Provincialis Westmonasteriensis habiti [1852-1873] ... / apud Oscott.
02; 724287 - The Oscotian : [a catalogue of recusant books at St. Mary's, Oscott ... ].
02; 804745 - Catalogue of the Bible collections in the Old Library at St. Mary's, Oscott, c1472-c1850 / edited by G. F. Pullen. - 1971
02; 807182 - St. Mary's College Oscott, 1794-1969 : [a brief history]. - 1969
06; 74776 - Slavery as viewed and treated by the Catholic Church in the early ages. A lecture delivered before the Birmingham Catholic Young Men's Society 28pp. 1862. FAHEY (P.J.). - 1862
06; 140069 - Annual report. 1st (1886-7) etc.. Catholic Girls' Aid Society (Birmingham).
06; 489610 - Magnificat. A liturgical quarterly issued by the Society of the Magnificat. Vols. 1-5. 1934-48 NOTE - Nos. 1 - 2 typescript. - 1934-1948
09; 12535 - The Protestant Record of Birmingham and neighbourhood. Published by the Birmingham Protestant Association. Numbers 1 – 24 (September 1863 – July 1866) 1863-6. Protestant Association of Birmingham and Neighbourhood.
09; 12536 - Birmingham Protestant Association Record. Numbers 1 – 12 (October 1866 – January 1868) 1866-8. Protestant Association of Birmingham and Neighbourhood. - 1866-1868
09; 12542 - Monthly Reporter of the Birmingham Protestant Association. Numbers 1 – 12 (November 1868 – May 1870) 1868-70 NOTE - Numbers 9 -12 have the title Reporter of the Birmingham Protestant Association. Protestant Association of Birmingham and Neighbourhood.
09; 12545 - Birmingham Protestant Association Magazine. Volume 1, number 1 – Volume 2, number 7 (March 1872 – July 1873) 2 volumes. 1872-3. Protestant Association of Birmingham and Neighbourhood.
09; 35007 - David and Goliath; or, A Protestant Sunday scholar and Popery etc. 26pp. - 1830
09; 68378 - Annual report. 1st (1847-8), 2nd (1848-9), 20th – 25th (1866-7 – 1871-2) 8 volumes. 1848-72. Protestant Association of Birmingham and Neighbourhood.
11; 73138 - Discourse delivered to the clergy in synod. In Tertia synodus diœcesana Birminghamiensis. (Derby) 35pp. 1864. ULLATHORNE (WILLIAM BERNARD). - 1864
11; 103883 - A discourse delivered in the Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Chad, Chadwell Street (i.e. Shadwell Street), Birmingham 1816. 44pp. 1816. *MILNER (JOHN) bishop of Castabala. - 1816
11; 123364 - Guide to St. Chad’s Cathedral Church, Birmingham. With a short account of the catholicity of the town etc. Illus. 72pp. 1877. GREANEY (WILLIAM) canon. - 1877
11; 183714 - History of St. Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham, 1841 – 1904. Compiled by the Cathedral Clergy. Illus. 1904. St. Chad's Cathedral. - 1904
11; 247605 - Programmes of sacred music. Various. 1821-27. Shadwell Street R.C. Chapel.
11; 259254 - Golden Jubilee of St. Chad's Cathedral Church, June 21st 1891. A short account of the Church with historical memoranda. 37pp. 1891. St. Chad's Cathedral. - 1891
11; 260256 - Concert programmes, 1873 – 1886. St. Chad's Cathedral. - 1886
11; 508344 - Enthronement of the Most Reverend John McIntyre, Archbishop of Birmingham and Veneration of the Sacred Pallium, July 5th 1921. Port. 14pp. 1921. St. Chad's Cathedral. - 1921
11; 660756 - Sermon preached at the Catholic Chapel of St. Chad, Birmingham, on Sunday September 21st, 1817, in behalf of the Catholic Charity School [etc.]. - 1817
11; 662389 - A guide to the metropolitan cathedral church of St. Chad, Birmingham / [by M.A. Young]. - 1962
11; 662713 - The chronicle of St. Chad's Cathedral, in the Borough Town of Birmingham [microform]. - 1963
12; 12336 - The Prayer book of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri. A lecture delivered in the Town Hall, Birmingham. 63pp. 1884/1854? *MELSON (JOHN BARRITT). - 1854
12; 12366 - The Plagiary “warned” A vindication of the drama, etc., from the plagiarisms of the Rev. J.A. James. (Anon) 1824. *PARKES (JOSEPH). - 1824
12; 68439 - The Pope and the revolution. A sermon preached in the Oratory Church, Birmingham. 48pp. 1866. NEWMAN (JOHN HENRY) cardinal. - 1866
12; 91156 - Hymns for the use of the Birmingham Oratory. 1875. Oratory of St. Philip Neri. - 1875
12; 211939 - The Oratory School Society. Rules and list of members. 15pp. 1874. Oratory of St. Philip Neri. - 1874
12; 225829 - A book of oratorios. Produced at the Oratory Church, Birmingham. 1902. *EATON (ROBERT ORMSTON). - 1902
12; 232517 - The Oratory School Magazine. Number 44 etc. March 1909 etc. Ports. Illus. 1909 etc.. Oratory of St. Philip Neri. - 1909
12; 242175 - Hymn tunes of the Oratory. Accompaniments. 1860. Oratory of St. Philip Neri. - 1860
12; 294832 - Hymn tunes of the Oratory. Voice. 47pp. 1860. Oratory of St. Philip Neri. - 1860
12; 294834 - Hymn tunes for the use of the Birmingham Oratory. 53pp. 1906?. Oratory of St. Philip Neri. - [1906]
12; 429864 - Coram Cardinali (Cardinal Newman) 2nd impression. Ports. Illus. Maps. Facsimiles. 1917. *BELLASIS (EDWARD). - 1917
12; 432396 - Tristram (H) Cardinal Newman and the Church of the Birmingham Oratory. A history and a guide. (Gloucester) Port. Illus. 76pp. 1934. Oratory of St. Philip Neri. - 1934
12; 438814 - A collection of hymns in use at the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, at Birmingham. 1850. Oratory of St. Philip Neri. - 1850
12; 662416 - Cardinal Newman and the Church of the Birmingham Oratory. A history and a guide. 2nd revised edition. (Gloucester) Port. Illus. 64pp. 1962. TRISTRAM (Rev. HENRY). - 1962
13; 61860 - Programmes of sacred music. St. Peter's Catholic Chapel, St. Peter's Place, near Broad Street. - 1822-1828
13; 61865 - Scheme of the selection of sacred music to be performed at the Catholic Chapel, St. Peter’s Place, Birmingham, October 19, 1828, for the benefit of the General Hospital and Dispensary. 7pp. 1828. Hospital (General). - 1828
14 - Saint Mary's magazine. - 1975-1976
14; 153190 - The church and abbey of Erdington, 1850 - 1900 (Anon) Ports. Illus. 64pp. 1900. *CAMM (Dom BEDE) O.S.B.. - 1900
14; 983921 - Harbinger. - 1975
121; 238561 - The New Terence at the Oratory School, Edgbaston. Being notices of the performances of "The Cup Bearer" and "Phormio" in 1880 and 1881. 3rd issue. 54pp. 1885. *BELLASIS (EDWARD). - 1885
121; 240277 - The Money Jar of Plautus at the Oratory School (Birmingham). An account of the recent representation. 2nd edition. Illus. 46pp. 1885. *BELLASIS (EDWARD). - 1885
121; 701975 - The money jar of Plautus at the oratory school : an account of the recent representation / Edward Bellasis. - 1884
57801 - The Catholic Magazine and Review. Vols. 1 – 4; 6. (February 1831 – January 1835) 5 volumes. NOTE - Wants all parts of Vol. 4 after October 1833; Vol. 5; and all parts of Vol. 6 after January 1835. - 1831-1835
158298 - Official Catholic calendar and directory of the diocese (archdiocese) of Birmingham. 1901-15. 15 volumes. 1901-15 NOTE - Called The Catholic blue book from 1913. From 1916 included in The Official Catholic Directory of the Province of Birmingham. Roman Catholics. - 1901-1915
234312 - Catholic Magazine (Bimingham and District). January 1912 – November 1924. Ports. Illus. 13 volumes. 1912-24.
239213 - "Presbyter" (pseud) The English constitution vindicated etc. Confutation of the view of Romanism contained in Dr. Newman's Birmingham lectures. Part V only. 21pp. 1851. NEWMAN (JOHN HENRY) cardinal. Works relating to. - 1851
240484 - Ordo recitandi Officii Divini Missaeque celebrandae in provincia Birminghamiensi pro anno 1913 – . 1912 – NOTE - 1. Title varies 2. 1919 and 1941 wanting. Roman Catholics.
240683 - The Official Catholic directory of the province of Birmingham. 1st (1913) etc. 1912 etc. NOTE - Wants 1917 and 1919. Roman Catholics. - 1919
299653 - Birmingham and Midland Anglo-Catholic Congress, 1922. Official handbook and programme. Illus. Map. 81pp. 1922. *ROSENTHAL (Rev. GEORGE DAVID). - 1922
300198 - Lectures on Catholicism in England delivered in the Corn Exchange, Birmingham. Cheap edition. 1851. *NEWMAN (JOHN HENRY) cardinal. - 1851
582670 - Officia propria Archidioecesis Birmingamiensis juxta kalendarium A.S.R.C. revisum et approbatum, [1946]. - 1946
660453 - Development : thoughts on Bishop Gore's "Roman Catholic claims". - 1905
663957 - Names of Herefordshire recusants indicted in 1640 / transcribed by M.A. Faraday. - 1970
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