Parish Priests - From 1715

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Bl. George Haydock

Priests (from 1715)

Further History

Miller Collection

List of Priests resident in Cottam from 1715 until 2006
Rev Gilbert Haydock	circa	1715		Rev Joseph A Barker		1895 - 1914
Rev John Kendal		1715 - 1727		Rev Joseph Walmsley		1914 - 1921
Rev Henry Kendal		1727 - 1733?		Rev Henry Roberts Link Rev Henry Tootell		1921 - 1931 1929 - 1932
Rev John Cowban		1733 - 1741		Rev Henry Roberts Link Rev Henry Tootell		1921 - 1931 1929 - 1932
Rev John Harrison		1741 - 1745		Rev Henry Gillett Link		1932 - 1946
No Priest		1745 - 1763		Rev Bernard McKenna		1946 - 1955
Rev Joseph Smith SJ		1763 - 1765		Rev Francis Worden Link		1955 - 1959
Rev John Lund		1769 - 1812		Rev James McGann Link		1959 - 1963
Rev Thomas Caton		1812 - 1826		V Rev Thomas Mason Link		1963 - 1967
Rev Thomas Berry		1826 - 1845		Rev Frederick T Hamer Link		1967 - 1971
Rev John Dixon		1845 - 1852		V Rev Quirian A Klomp Link		1971 - 1982
Rev George Gradwell		1852 - 1853		Rev Edmund McCartan Link		1982 - 1987
Rev George Corless		1853 - 1865		Rev Francis Hodson Link		1987 - 1989
Rev William A Johnson		1865		Rev Thomas Forster Link		1989 - 1990
Rev Richard Holden		1866		Rev John Danson		1991 - 1996
Rev Roger Taylor		1866 - 1867		Rev W Alfred Parker		1996 - 2000
Rev Henry J Thrower		1867 - 1886		Rev Peter D Clarke		2000 - 2003
Rev Francis J Gillow Link		1886 - 1895		Rev Adrian J Towers		2003 -

Information provided by John Cookson

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