Ignatius Scoles SJ (1 December 1834 – 15 July 1896) was a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, architect and writer. He designed churches and civic buildings and was the son of Joseph John Scoles.Guyana Times International accessed 26 March 2013
Early life He was born in Hammersmith in London. His father was the noted architect Joseph John Scoles, who was working on St Ignatius Church in Preston, Lancashire when Ignatius was born. His father did a lot of work for the Society of Jesus and named his eldest son after Ignatius of Loyola the founder of the Jesuits. His brother Alexander Joseph Cory Scoles followed him in becoming a priest, but not a Jesuit, instead he joined the Diocese of Clifton, later becoming a canon. He was also an architect and designed many churches in the south of England such as St Francis of Assisi Church in Birmingham and Our Lady of Loreto and St Winefride's Church in London.Slevin, Malachy, St Francis Church Handsworth (Birmingham, 1994) pp.1–17
His early education was at two Jesuit schools, Hodder Place and Stonyhurst College. In 1856, he was elected as an associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Jesuit He joined the Jesuits on 9 October 1860 and was ordained in September 1866. Two years later, he was sent to, as it was then called, British Guyana.
Whilst he was there, he designed Georgetown City HallPriests of the Past from St Stanislaus Guyana, accessed 26 March 2013 and helped with the construction of Brickdam Cathedral. He recorded his time in Guyana by writing Sketches of African and Indian Life in British Guiana (Kessinger, 1885). He returned in England in 1874, but went back to Guyana in 1880 and died there in 1896.
Works Rock Chapel at St Beuno's Ignatian Spirituality Centre, Denbighshire, Wales in 1866.History from St Beunos, accessed 26 March 2013 Interior of Brickdam Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana in 1871 (burnt down in 1913).nationaltrust.gov.gy accessed 26 March 2013 Remodeling of St Wilfrid's Church, Preston, Lancashire, England in 1880.St Wilfrid's History Page accessed January 2013 Georgetown City Hall in 1889.
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