Parish Clergy
The parish of Thornbury assigned to the Salvatorians by various Bishops of the diocese of Clifton covered approximately 130 sq miles and stretched from Berkeley in the north to Almondsbury in the south and from Aust in the west to Wotton-under-Edge in the east.
Over the first 30 or so years of the development of the parish, several Salvatorian priests were assigned to Thornbury for differing periods of time. It is difficult from the available church records to determine precise dates of arrivals and departures as some seemed to have been temporarily assigned to other parishes in the diocese and elsewhere. In a text of a talk given 25 years after the opening of the church, the author referred to 11 parish priests and another 45 priests having served in Thornbury. It has not been possible to verify those figures but clearly several Salvatorians spent some time in the parish and the names and dates below are the best estimates of who was here and when.
| Parish Priest | Assisted by | Holy Cross | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Fr Kevin Kenny arrives 6 November (d.1963) | ||
| 1942 | Fr Richard Dunne | ||
| 1943 | Fr Richard Dunne | ||
| 1944 | Fr Richard Dunne, Fr Vincent Hart | ||
| 1945 | Fr Vincent Hart, Fr Edmund Bagnell | ||
| 1946 | Fr Edmund Bagnell, Fr Ambrose Tierney, Fr Brendan Keogh | ||
| 1947 | Fr Alphonsus Hopwood (d.1979) | Fr Edmund Bagnell, Fr Bernard Ruddy, Fr Ambrose Tierney | |
| 1948 | Fr Edmund Bagnell, Fr Bernard Ruddy | ||
| 1949 | Fr Bernard Ruddy, Fr Edmund Bagnell, Fr Gregory Blightly | ||
| 1950 | Fr Paul Keyte (d.1984) | Fr Gregory Blightly, Fr Edmund Bagnell, Fr Columba O’Coram | |
| 1951 | Fr Gregory Blightly, Fr Columba O’Coram, Fr James Doherty | ||
| 1952 | Fr Vincent Hart, Fr Columba O’Coram | ||
| 1953 | Fr Vincent Hart (d.1988) | Fr Gregory Blightly, James Doherty | |
| 1954 | Fr Gregory Blightly, Fr Bernard Ruddy | ||
| 1955 | Fr Paulinus Long, Fr Bernard Ruddy | ||
| 1956 | Fr Bernard Ruddy, Fr Vianney Hughes | ||
| 1957 | Fr Matthew Parker, Fr Bernard Ruddy, Fr Vianney Hughes | ||
| 1958 | Fr Bernard Ruddy (d.1978) | Fr Matthew Parker, Fr Vianney Hughes | |
| 1959 | Fr Vincent Hart, Fr Declan Chesterton | ||
| 1960 | Fr Vincent Hart, Fr Cyril Field | ||
| 1961 | Fr Vincent Hart, Fr Cyril Field, Fr Richard Dunne | ||
| 1962 | Fr Richard Dunne, Fr Vincent Hart, Fr Cyril Field | ||
| 1963 | Fr Richard Dunne, Fr Vincent Hart, Fr Cyril Field | ||
| 1964 | Fr Clement Mercer (d.1969) | Fr Richard Dunne, Fr Vincent Hart, Fr Cyril Field, Fr Gerard Tuohey | |
| 1965 | Fr Gerard Tuohey, Fr Richard Dunne, Fr Cyril Field, Fr Anselm Slattery | ||
| 1966 | Fr Gerard Tuohey, Fr Richard Dunne, Fr Anselm Slattery | Fr Cyril Field | |
| 1967 | Fr Anselm Slattery, Fr Richard Dunne | Fr Gerard Tuohey | |
| 1968 | Fr Anselm Slattery | Fr Richard Dunne | |
| 1969 | Fr Edmund Lanning (d.1995) | Fr Anselm Slattery | Fr Richard Dunne |
| 1970 | Fr Desmond | Fr Richard Dunne | |
| 1971 | Fr Alban, Fr Desmond | Fr Richard Dunne | |
| 1972 | Fr Stephen Leggatt (d.2006) | Fr Alban | Fr Richard Dunne |
| 1973 | Fr Alban | Fr Richard Dunne | |
| 1974 | Fr Alban, Fr Bernard Green | Fr Richard Dunne | |
| 1975 | Fr Alban, Fr Bernard Green | Fr Richard Dunne | |
| 1976 | Fr Bernard Green | Fr Richard Dunne | |
| 1977 | Fr Alphonsus Hopwood (d.1979) | Fr Richard Dunne | |
| 1978 | Fr Danny Burns (d.2012) | Fr George Malecki | Fr Cyril Field |
| 1979 | Fr George Malecki, Fr Alphonsus Hopwood, Fr Aelred Dobson | Fr Cyril Field | |
| 1980 | Fr George Malecki | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 1981 | Fr George Malecki, Fr Alphonsus Hopwood | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 1982 | Fr George Malecki | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 1983 | Fr Louis Preston | Fr George Malecki | Fr Aelred Dobson |
| 1984 | Fr George Malecki | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 1985 | Fr Jan Bak | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 1986 | Fr Jan Bak | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 1987 | Fr Jan Bak | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 1988 | Fr Frank Walters | Fr Tom Hennessey | Fr Aelred Dobson |
| 1989 | Fr Tom Hennessey | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 1990 | Fr Tom Hennessey | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 1991 | Fr Tom Hennessey | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 1992 | Fr Tom Hennessey | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 1993 | Fr Noel Keane | Fr Tom Hennessey | Fr Aelred Dobson |
| 1994 | Fr Tom Hennessey | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 1995 | Fr Tom Hennessey | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 1996 | Fr Tom Hennessey | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 1997 | Fr Tom Hennessey | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 1998 | Fr Tom Hennessey | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 1999 | Fr Tom Hennessey, Fr Henry Nevin | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 2000 | Fr Alex McAllister (ordained in CTK 23 Jun 1984) | Fr Tom Hennessey (d.2010), Fr Charles Reddan | Fr Aelred Dobson |
| 2001 | Fr Charles Reddan | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 2002 | Fr Charles Reddan | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 2003 | Fr Charles Reddan | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 2004 | Fr Charles Reddan | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 2005 | Fr Charles Reddan | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 2006 | Fr Charles Reddan | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 2007 | Fr Charles Reddan, Fr Floribert Kalinda | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 2008 | Fr Charles Reddan | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 2009 | Fr Richard Mway, Fr Charles Reddan | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 2010 | Fr Richard Mway (now the Salvatorian’s UK Provincial), Fr Charles Reddan | Fr Aelred Dobson | |
| 2011 | Fr Louis/Peter Preston (d.2022) & Fr Noel Keane (d.2024) | Fr Charles Reddan | |
| 2012 | Fr Lazarus Msimbe (now Bishop of Morogoro Diocese, Tanzania) | Fr Charles Reddan | |
| 2013 | Fr Charles Reddan, Fr Jan Bak (d. 2020) | ||
| 2014 | Fr Charles Reddan | ||
| 2015 | Fr Charles Reddan | ||
| 2016 | Fr George Malecki (d.2024) | Fr Charles Reddan | |
| 2017 | Fr Charles Reddan (d.2018) | ||
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| 2025 | Fr Frank Waters Priest in Residence |
Updated 15 January 2025