Born in Liverpool in 1801, Canon John Maddocks was trained at Ushaw College, Durham, and the English College in Rome. He was first appointed to St. Nicholas, Copperas Hill, however he was soon drawn to the poverty and isolation of the Catholic villagers in Old Swan, four miles from his church.
Moving to a cottage in Petticoat Lane (Broadgreen Road), he said Mass for an ever-increasing number of local people while building the church of St. Oswald. He then moved to a small house next door and then to a slightly larger one by the school he had built and opened in 1845, moving back to the cottage when the Sisters of Mercy needed it.
When Msgr. George H. Brown became the first bishop of Liverpool, Father Maddocks was named one of the Chapter's canons.
Maddocks passed away after a brief illness on January 4, aged 63, and was laid to rest near the side porch of the church he had built. The people held the Canon in great esteem and after his death a street off St. Oswald Street was named after him.
Moving to a cottage in Petticoat Lane (Broadgreen Road), he said Mass for an ever-increasing number of local people while building the church of St. Oswald. He then moved to a small house next door and then to a slightly larger one by the school he had built and opened in 1845, moving back to the cottage when the Sisters of Mercy needed it.
When Msgr. George H. Brown became the first bishop of Liverpool, Father Maddocks was named one of the Chapter's canons.
Maddocks passed away after a brief illness on January 4, aged 63, and was laid to rest near the side porch of the church he had built. The people held the Canon in great esteem and after his death a street off St. Oswald Street was named after him.
Born in Liverpool in 1801, Canon John Maddocks was trained at Ushaw College, Durham, and the English College in Rome. He was first appointed to St. Nicholas, Copperas Hill, however he was soon drawn to the poverty and isolation of the Catholic villagers in Old Swan, four miles from his church.
Moving to a cottage in Petticoat Lane (Broadgreen Road), he said Mass for an ever-increasing number of local people while building the church of St. Oswald. He then moved to a small house next door and then to a slightly larger one by the school he had built and opened in 1845, moving back to the cottage when the Sisters of Mercy needed it.
When Msgr. George H. Brown became the first bishop of Liverpool, Father Maddocks was named one of the Chapter's canons.
Maddocks passed away after a brief illness on January 4, aged 63, and was laid to rest near the side porch of the church he had built. The people held the Canon in great esteem and after his death a street off St. Oswald Street was named after him.
Moving to a cottage in Petticoat Lane (Broadgreen Road), he said Mass for an ever-increasing number of local people while building the church of St. Oswald. He then moved to a small house next door and then to a slightly larger one by the school he had built and opened in 1845, moving back to the cottage when the Sisters of Mercy needed it.
When Msgr. George H. Brown became the first bishop of Liverpool, Father Maddocks was named one of the Chapter's canons.
Maddocks passed away after a brief illness on January 4, aged 63, and was laid to rest near the side porch of the church he had built. The people held the Canon in great esteem and after his death a street off St. Oswald Street was named after him.
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