Until 1918, St Mary’s, Brownedge was a Mission in the care of a Rector. During 1918, the Mission became a Parish and the Rector became the Parish Priest.
Rectors (1780 – 1918)
1780 – 1793 – Dom Oswald Eaves OSB RIP
1793 – 1822 – Dom John Atkinson OSB RIP
1822 – 1846 – Dom Henry Anselm Brewer OSB RIP
1846 – 1847 – Dom Edward Anselm Glassbrook OSB RIP
1847 – 1883 – Dom Thomas Anselm Walker OSB RIP
1883 – 1900 – Dom Austin Bernard Pozzi OSB RIP
1900 – 1912 – Dom Thomas Basil Clarkson OSB RIP
1912 – 1918 – Dom John Anselm Turner OSB RIP
Parish Priests (1918 – to date)
1918 – 1928 – Dom John Anselm Turner OSB RIP
(See photograph above 1912 – 1918)
1928 – 1940 – Dom John Philip Willson OSB RIP
1940 – 1942 – Dom Dominic Willson OSB RIP
1942 – 1950 – Dom Ambrose William Byrne OSB RIP
1950 – 1964 – Dom Patrick Gabriel McNally OSB RIP
1964 – 1976 – Dom Francis Christopher Topping OSB RIP
1976 – 1986 – Dom Thomas Leonard Jackson OSB RIP
1986 – 1989 – Dom Christopher Edmund Hatton OSB RIP
1989 – 1992 – Dom Anthony Jonathan Cotton OSB RIP
1992 – 1996 – Dom Edward Alban Crossley OSB RIP
1996 – 1998 – Dom George Francis Davidson OSB RIP
1998 – Dom Matthew Burns OSB RIP
1998 – 2001 – Dom Francis Bede Leach OSB (now at Ampleforth Abbey)
2001 – Dom Colin Battell OSB (now Assistant Priest)
2001 – 2006 – Dom George Francis Davidson OSB RIP
(See photograph above 1996 – 1997)
2006 – 2011 – Dom Terence Richardson OSB (now at Monastery of Christ the Word, Zimbabwe)
2011 – 2016 – Dom Paul George Corrie OSB (now at Ampleforth Abbey)
2016 – to date – Fr Mark Harold
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Saint Mary’s Brownedge
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Brownedge Lane
Bamber Bridge,
Preston.
PR5 6SP
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