page_title: Helensburgh
section_title: Religion
hierarchical_section_title: Helensburgh / The town today / Religion
caption_attribution_description: English: Helensburgh, St Michael's Church. Photo taken from the corner of William Street and West Princes Street. Wikidata has entry Q17571981 with data related to this item. This is a photo of listed building number 34896.
context_page_description: Helensburgh is a town within the Helensburgh and Lomond Area of Argyll and Bute Council, Scotland. It also has its own Community Council. Until local government reorganisation in 1996 Helensburgh was in Dumbarton District and hence also in Strathclyde Region; prior to 1975 it was a small burgh with its own town council within Dunbartonshire.
  In the Middle Ages it was within the Earldom of Lennox, an area sometimes referred to as the Lennox. It lies on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde and the mouth of the Gareloch is close to the western boundary of the town.
context_section_description: Most of the major Scottish Christian denominations have churches in Helensburgh. The biggest of these was the Church of Scotland which by 1880 had 5 congregations in the town, each with its own building. However, with falling church attendances – and a vision to rationalise resources to better enable mission – these had all merged by 2015, so that the only Church of Scotland congregation is Helensburgh Parish Church in Colquhoun Square. Helensburgh is the largest Church of Scotland Parish in Scotland.
  Since December 2015 the Minister at Helensburgh Parish Church is the Reverend David T. Young BA, BD Min (Hons), MTh.
  In 2016 the former Park Church in Charlotte Street became the Buddhist Meditation Centre of Scotland (Wat Phradhammakaya).
  The Scottish Catholic Church has a significant influence within the town, with a parish church named St Joseph's on Lomond Street. St Joseph's church hall was originally the parish church in Helensburgh.
  It could be argued that the finest church in the town architecturally is St Michael and All Angels at the corner of William Street and West Princes Street. This building for the congregation of the Scottish Episcopal Church was designed in 1868 by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson and today it is the town's only Grade A listed church.
caption: St Michael and All Angels Church
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