The glass screen replaces a brick wall which was erected by a Duke of Norfolk in the 19th century. It was lowered in 1956 and entirely removed in 1970. Warrington, The Church of the Resurrection and St. Bridget was a shared church building between the Church of England's Church of the Resurrection and the Roman Catholic's St Bridget's RC Church. The building opened in 1988 after originally being planned in 1984 when Bishop David Sheppard, the Anglican Bishop of Liverpool, and Archbishop Derek Worlock, RC Prelate of Liverpool, put forward the proposal. The worship space within the Church was shared by both communities, but Anglican and Catholic services were at different times throughout the week. The Church closed in November 2022 due to falling numbers of parishioners. United States Virginia Beach, Church of the Holy Apostles, Roman Catholic and Anglican simultaneum Pennsylvania; Historically, Lutheran (ELCA) and Reformed (UCC) German immigrants commonly shared churches, particularly in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country region, although some congregations have since built their own separate churches. Holy Land church-sharing The main traditional pilgrim churches of Jerusalem and Bethlehem are shared between several denominations. The regulatory work is known as the "Status quo", a type of church-sharing which is in no way related to the West European Protestant-Catholic sharing system described here (the "simultaneum"). Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem - Greek Orthodox-Eastern Orthodox-Oriental Orthodox-Catholic simultaneum until the present day Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem See also Ecumenism Local ecumenical partnership Interfaith worship spaces Multifaith space References HighBeam Research, dictionary definition: simultaneum Wiki-Protestants.org, Simultaneum (French language) Musée virtuel du Protestantisme, "Le Simultaneum" (French language): "Le simultaneum résulte de l'histoire alsacienne. Il s'agit d'un édifice cultuel utilisé simultanément par les deux confessions catholique et protestante." [The] Rhein and Laeng of Herrliesheim: Brief History of Alsace-Lorraine Bernhard Brockmann, Simultaneum in Goldenstedt Notes External links Catholic-Protestant community in Germany making “ecumenical congregations” a reality - Novena News Catholic–Protestant ecumenism Church architecture Protestantism in Germany Christian terminology Protestantism in France