{"id":2402,"date":"2013-11-19T17:07:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T17:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicenfield.org\/?page_id=2402"},"modified":"2023-09-07T22:16:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:16:10","slug":"parish-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicenfield.org\/parish\/parish-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Parish History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Books<\/h2>\n

Two books on the history of this parish have been published. We are working on placing them back online.<\/p>\n

The first Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St George A Parish History
\nwas written by Herbert Vaughan and published in 1992.<\/p>\n

The second Living Stones was published to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of
\nthe Consecration of the Parish Church in July 2007.<\/p>\n

\n

Events<\/h2>\n
\n

\"Year<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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YEAR OF MERCY<\/h4>\n

8 December 2015 ~ 20 November 2016<\/h5>\n

In 2015 Pope Francis announced a Holy Year of Mercy as an opportunity to reflect upon different aspects of mercy.<\/p>\n

Our parish was been chosen to have a Deanery Door of Mercy which opened on Sunday 13th December 2015.<\/p>\n

More Details<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n

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Priests Who Have Served Enfield Parish<\/h2>\n

List taken from the first appendix of the Living Stones book and updated.<\/p>\n

Priests In Charge<\/h3>\n

From Waltham Cross<\/h4>\n
    \n
  • 1863-1864: Fr George Bampfield<\/li>\n
  • 1864-1866: Fr John Shepherd<\/li>\n
  • 1866-1867: Fr Maurice Power<\/li>\n
  • 1867-1871: Fr David Hickey<\/li>\n
  • 1871-1873: Fr Thomas Regan<\/li>\n
  • 1873-1875: Fr Reginald Tuke<\/li>\n
  • 1875-1890: Fr Edward Bronsgeest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    From St Joseph\u2019s Home, Holtwhites Hill<\/h4>\n
      \n
    • 1890-1892: Fr J. Gavin<\/li>\n
    • 1892-1900: Fr Edward Murphy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Resident Parish Priests<\/h4>\n
        \n
      • 1900: Fr Hugh O\u2019Rourke<\/li>\n
      • 1900-1905: Fr Ambrose O\u2019Gorman<\/li>\n
      • (Fr Adrian Fortescue as locum during Fr O\u2019Gorman\u2019s absence in Rome on a doctorate course)<\/li>\n
      • 1905-1906: Fr George Cox<\/li>\n
      • 1906-1908: Fr James Hazell<\/li>\n
      • 1908-1910: Fr Thomas Adkins<\/li>\n
      • 1910-1944: Fr Denis Tuohy<\/li>\n
      • 1944-1948: Fr William Wall<\/li>\n
      • 1948-1950: Canon John Marriott<\/li>\n
      • 1950-1976: Canon Denis O\u2019Sullivan<\/li>\n
      • 1976-1981: Canon Herbert Veal<\/li>\n
      • 1981-1992: Fr Francis Wahle<\/li>\n
      • (Fr Anton Cowan as Administrator during interregnum)<\/li>\n
      • 1993-2001: Fr John Arnold<\/li>\n
      • 2001-2003: Fr Gabriel Zsidi<\/li>\n
      • 2003-2011: Fr Richard Andrew<\/li>\n
      • 2011-2020: Fr Slawomir Witon<\/li>\n
      • 2020-present: Fr Daniel Humphreys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Assistant Priests<\/h3>\n
          \n
        • 1937-1945: Fr Anthony McDonald<\/li>\n
        • 1941-1942: Fr Sydney Moss<\/li>\n
        • 1946: Fr Harry Dodd<\/li>\n
        • 1946: Fr Gerard Barry<\/li>\n
        • 1946-1947: Fr Raymund Geraerts<\/li>\n
        • 1947-1955: Fr Stephen Finnegan<\/li>\n
        • 1955-1957: Fr Peter Jones<\/li>\n
        • 1957-1962: Fr John O\u2019Halloran<\/li>\n
        • 1962-1966: Fr Frank Morrall<\/li>\n
        • 1966-1976: Fr Brian Reynolds<\/li>\n
        • 1976: Fr John Harper-Hill<\/li>\n
        • 1976-1981: Fr John Byrne<\/li>\n
        • 1981-1983: Fr Ralph Eastwell S.J.<\/li>\n
        • 1982-1985: Fr John Buckley<\/li>\n
        • 1983-1986: Fr Marcus Winter<\/li>\n
        • 1985-1990: Fr Gerard Joyce<\/li>\n
        • 1986-1989: Fr William Wilby<\/li>\n
        • 1987-1991: Fr Ralph Eastwell S.J.<\/li>\n
        • 1990: Fr James Wooloughan<\/li>\n
        • 1990-1993: Fr James Loughnane<\/li>\n
        • 1991-1993: Fr Dominic Byrne<\/li>\n
        • 1994-1999: Fr John Dermody<\/li>\n
        • 1996: Fr Charis Piccolomini<\/li>\n
        • 1999-2002: Fr Philip Miller<\/li>\n
        • 2000-2003: Fr John Hai Pham<\/li>\n
        • 2002-2005: Fr Kevin Jordan<\/li>\n
        • 2005-2007: Fr Gerard Skinner<\/li>\n
        • 2007-2010: Fr Paul Luong<\/li>\n
        • 2007-2009: Fr Jim Byrne<\/li>\n
        • 2007-2008: Fr Georgios Ntagkas<\/li>\n
        • 2009-2013: Fr Robert Pachuta<\/li>\n
        • 2010-2011: Fr Jacques Otieno<\/li>\n
        • 2011-2014: Fr Andrew Connick<\/li>\n
        • 2013-2015: Fr Jeffrey Downie<\/li>\n
        • 2014-2016: Fr Graham Stokes<\/li>\n
        • 2015-2016: Fr Cyril Chiaha<\/li>\n
        • 2016-2017: Fr Tom Montgomery<\/li>\n
        • 2016-2021: Fr Chinedu Udo<\/li>\n
        • 2021-2023: Fr Timothy Mangatal<\/li>\n
        • 2022-2023: Fr Vincent Nnatuanya CSSp<\/li>\n
        • 2023-present: Fr Patrick van der Vorst<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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