St Francis of Assisi - Clergy at St Francis

Clergy at St Francis

[ to 1908 an unnamed Church Army Captain]
[1908 – 1910 E Romeril Le Ruez, “Evangelist”]

1910 – 1913 The Revd Moray O’ Beirne
(arrived as newly ordained deacon - 1910)
Priest in charge from 1911

1913 – 1916 The Revd Edgar Semple
(arrived as newly ordained deacon)
He was ordained priest just before the new church was opened. In 1916 he left to be Chaplain to the Forces.
From 1930 - 54 he was Vicar of All Saints, St John's Wood.
From 1954 - 59 was Vicar of Norton with Lenchwick.
He retired in 1959.

Revd Edgar G. Semple

(1916 – 1920 Vicar of St. John’s, Boxmoor assisted by various curates)

1920 – 1923 The Revd Paul Quillet
(arrived as newly ordained deacon)

(1923 – 1926 Vicar of St John’s, Boxmoor assisted by various curates)

1926 – 1927 The Revd Victor Frederick Hamblin

1927 – 1937 The Revd Edwin Power
Described as "A great priest - spiritually as well as physically whose influence on S. Francis was very considerabel".

Revd Edwin A. Power

1937 – 1943 The Revd Charles Hobart
He was Canadian and ordained in 1915.
Subsequently became Vicar of Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich from 1947 - 1951. From 1956 he was Chaplain to the Community of St Clare, Freeland, Oxford.

1943 – 1947 The Revd Eric Paton Hindley MA (Cantab)
Rector of Holwell from1947 - 51.
Priest in charge at St Albans, Leamington 1952 - 55.
Retired to live in Dorchester.

Revd Eric P. Hindley

1947 - ?? The Revd Michael Theodore Meakin
Became Vicar of Woburn Sands.

Revd Michael T. Meakin

?? – 1963 The Revd Arthur Bloomfield

A Conventional District was then established:
1963 – 1966 The Revd Frank Bagley
Formerly worked in Guiana, and later returned to the Mission Field.
In 1984 was a vicar in Wales

1967 – 1975 The Revd Arthur Edward Wood
The Conventional District was then disbanded.
Formerly Vicar of St Paul's, Oxford.
Afterwards Chaplain of St Mary's Convent, Chiswick.
Died aged 83 years, on June 1st 1985. Funeral service and Requiem Mass at St. Mary's Church, Bourne Street, Pimlico; followed by interment in the family grave at Brompton Cemetery SW10.