The following appointments will take effect on the weekend of 7/8 September:
PARISH PRIESTS
Fr Tony Grant from Canning Town to Manor Park
Fr Gary Dench from Cathedral to Hutton
Fr Jerold Savio Terrance from Hornchurch, St Mary to Maldon/Burnham
Fr John Britto Michael (new to Diocese) to Great Dunmow
Fr Jon Ravensdale (Ord) from Greenstead to Harlow, The Assumption of
Our Lady
Fr Alex Garner (Ord) (new to Diocese) to Greenstead
Fr Timothy Ezet (Ord) (new to Diocese) to Chingford, Christ the King
ASSISTANT PRIESTS
Fr Paschal Uche from Chelmsford to Grays
Fr Matúš Meleg from Grays to Cathedral
Fr Frank Westcott (newly Ordained) to Hornchurch, St Mary
Fr Saji Thomas RCJ from Basildon to East Ham
Fr Paul Makita SCA from Barking, St Thomas More to Barking, St
Mary & St Ethelburga
Fr Grzegorz Borski (new to Diocese) to Clacton
Fr Albert Kollemkudy RCJ (new to Diocese) to Basildon
Fr Shinto Verghese CRM of the Catholic Syro-Malabar Eparchy will be a priest
in residence at Our Lady & St George, Walthamstow.
Fr Paul Boagey, MHM currently undertakes limited pastoral work in Grays
Parish, particularly with the sick and housebound and with travellers. Fr Paul will also minister in a similar capacity in the Chelmsford parishes [Our lady Immaculate, Holy Name, St Augustine’s] with effect from the beginning of September.
Fr John Victor Drabeesan will end his appointment in St Stephen’s, Manor
Park at the beginning of September. At some point he will then return to the
Latin Archdiocese of Trivandrum where new appointments commence with effect
from April of next year.
RETIREMENTS
Fr Leslie Knight will retire as Parish Priest of Hutton & Shenfield.
Canon William Young will retire as Parish Priest of St Mary & St Ethelburga
with St Mary & St Erconwald [Barking 1]. He will continue to serve on the College of Consultors.
Fr John Corbyn (Ord) will retire as Parish Priest of Old Harlow but
will continue to live within the diocese. Fr John will continue as Dean for a while as the Vision Process continues to take shape in the West Essex Partnerships.