Parish Priests
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The following priests have served the parish:-
The Parish of Woodbridge Father Charles Reilly Served at Woodbridge until his retirement in 1911. He died on 28th February, 1916.
Father Charles Duchemin Ordained in Cambridge in 1918. Appointed to the Woodbridge mission and Chaplain to the Carmelite nuns in 1921. He left Woodbridge in July 1922. Rector of the Pontifical Beda College in Rome for thirty three years. Died 6th December, 1965. Buried at St. Mary Magdalene Church, Mortlake, London.
Father Ernest Shebbeare July 1922 to December 1935. A priest of the Archdiocese of Southwark. Died 21st January, 1936. Age 66.
Father Shebbeare's grave in Woodbridge cemetery. The headstone was restored in 2012.
Father Edgar Hardwick 1936. Died 15th October, 1971.
Father Laurence Nicholson 1936 to 1941. Died 15th December, 1969.
Canon John Henry Thompson March 1941 to July 1949. Died 25th December, 1968.
Father Donald Hillier 1949 to 1962. Died 6th April, 1980.
Father James Sloan September 1962 to 1973. Died 18th October, 1988.
Father Francis Sam Leeder September 1973 to July 1981.
The Parish of Woodbridge & Framlingham The care of the Mass Centre at Framlingham was officially annexed to the Parish of Woodbridge in July 1981.
Father Anthony Seeley July 1981 to May 1986. Died 7th December, 2011. Age 76.
Mgr. John Drury September to December 1986. Died 25th July, 2005.
Father Christopher Cunliffe January to April 1987
Father Francis Selman April to September 1987
Father Peter Wynekus, K.O.N. October 1987 to 2001. Died 20th December, 2012. Buried at sea. Age 85.
Father Richard Healey 2001 to 2002
Father Tom Fenlon, S.M.A. May 2002 to June 2008
Father Ivan Rudkin September 2008 to September 2009. Died in office, age 66, on 24th September, 2009. Buried at St. John's Cathedral, Norwich.
Father Christopher Smith, Parochial Administrator. During the Great Interregnum of 2009-2010 the parish was administered from Aldeburgh.
Father Edmund Eggleston, K.G.C.O. Appointed and Inducted September 2010
Ordinations at Woodbridge Canon Michael Hazell - 13th July, 1958 Father Adrian Gates - 21st July, 1990
Permanent Deacons serving the parish Deacon Mike Vipond Deacon Peter Coates - Deacon of the Diocese of Chisinau, Moldova |
