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P206 · Person · 1900-1954

John Peter Arendzen was born in January 1873 in Haarlem, Holland, the eldest of nine and the first of four to be ordained to the priesthood in England. After his education in Holland, John entered St. Thomas' Seminary, Hammersmith and transferred, aged 20, to St. Mary's College, Oscott in March 1893 and ordained there on 21st September 1895.

After a PhD at Bonn University and his DD at Munich University, he graduated at Christ's College, Cambridge with a BA in 1901 and an MA in 1906 . Whilst there he was assigned to the Mission Church in St. Ives. Initially he celebrated Mass at a small wooden chapel, purchased by benefactor George Pauling, but such was his missionary zeal that from a base of no Catholics, by 1902, fifty six were evident and a larger church was required. George Pauling donated £1000 which bought the redundant Church of St. Andrew in Cambridge. This was dismantled, transported by barge to St Ives, and rebuilt on its present site in Needingworth Road, in less than 5 months.

On Sunday 16 March 1902, he laid the foundation stone which included the Latin inscription “AD FIDEM REDEANT ANGLI” ('May the English return to the Faith'). The church was reconsecrated on 9th July 1902 by Bishop Riddell, Bishop of Northampton and dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. At the opening ceremony Fr. Arendzen's brother Leo acted as thurifer, their parents and three sisters were in the congregation.

Fr Arendzen was a tireless, devoted, eloquent and scholarly priest, totally dedicated to his life in the Church, and to whatever role he was assigned. He won a place in the hearts of parishioners, fellow priests, students and all who knew him. He had a reputation as a brilliant orator and was named by one national newspaper as 'one of the preachers of the century', no mean feat given that English was not his native language. He was a prolific author writing many essays, several articles to the Catholic Encyclopaedia in 1913, the Journal of Theological Studies, the Jewish Quarterly and annotations to the Douai Bible. His literary activity included the Catholic Gazette, the Catholic Times and several books, including: 'Ten Minutes a Day to Heaven', 'Heaven Sense: What Scripture and the Catholic Church Really Teach about Heaven'.

He died in London on 21st July 1954 aged 81, his Requiem Mass was held at Sacred Heart Church, Kilburn, across the street from the Arendzen family home.

Arthurton, Anthony
P712 · Person · 1998-

1998: SJB Book of Rememberance
2021: Graduated Durham University in 2021 reading Classical Civilisation
2022: Graduated Masters programme at Durham University in 2022 reading Ancient Philosophy

Baker, David Rev
P741 · Person · 1998

1996: ordained
1998: at King's Lynn
2017: Fakenham

P328 · Person · 1887-1963

December 1887: born
1925: to receive sub-deaconate on 6th July
1926: ordained
1927-1928: Priest at Great Billing
1930-1939: PP at Mission, Woburn Sands, Bedfordshire
1939-1945: PP at Sheringham
1945-1961: PP St Felix, Felixstowe
1961: retired
1963: died

P605 · Person · 1922-2017

Luigi Barbarito (19 April 1922 – 12 March 2017) held the rank of archbishop while serving as a nuncio in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1969 to 1997.

Barnes, John Rev
P006 · Person · 2014

1995: Ordained
2014: PP St Felix, Felixstowe

Batten, Bettina
P585 · Person · 1991-

Sculptor in Norwich; parishioner at St John the Baptist
15 July 1992: Exhibiting 35 pieces at the Assembly House, Norwich
May 1994: article in the Key: "Sculptress Bettina Batten of Norwich has just completed her interpretation of God the Father from clay and fired in a kiln. taking a classical view of God looking down from his creation, the figure is an addition to a religious collection which is winning fans for Bettina all over the country. Her figure of Mother Teresa now graces a school in Liverpool. She has completed a nativity set for her home parish of St John's in Norwich. And there are many more commissions on the way and ideas which she wants to follow up. One of the most poignant figures she has created was inspired by a remembrance card. It is Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane being comforted by an angel. Bettina has also produced a welcoming figure of Christ the King with hands outstretched to gather in his people. This is a features statue in one of the parish chapels in Norwich. The baby Jesus in one of her nativity sets was once held by one of the visionaries at Medjugorje when she visited the centre there. Many of her figures can be seen on sale in Walsingham and other places so look out for this example of home fired religious art. An early piece of Bettina's sculpture is a bust of Bishop Alan Clark which is kept iin his office in the White House. Her art developed from a hobby with Bettina taking up drawing in the early stages but developing onto sculpture later."

Berrell, Augustine Rev
P116 · Person · 1967-1995

1967-1975: PP St Felix, Felixstowe
1983: PP March
1987: retired
1995: died

Brown, Peter Rev
P237 · Person · 1985-

1985: Foreword in Parish Directory

CB094 · Corporate body · 1835-

1835: founded
1964: arrangements re return of damaged crib figure
1969: Staff redundant and stores sold off as company is sold to Daughters of St. Paul [Catholic Herald article]

Byrne, Patrick
P612 · Person · 1993 - 2015

Editor of Diocesan Newspapers:
The Key / Jubilee East / The Key (1993 to 2003)
Our Diocesan Family (from before 2006 to July 2013 (last edition))
Catholic East Anglian (January 2014 to March 2015)

P424 · Person · 1979-1992

1972-92: Guardian
1973-81: Administrator, Anglican Shrine at Walsingham
1979: Guest and Observer at 3rd Walsingham RC Shrine Council meeting
10 June 1992: Died [car accident]

P086 · Person · 1868-1932

Born: Nice, France on 5 February 1868
Parents: Valentine Dudley Henry Cary Elwes & (second) wife Alice Geraldine née Ward
Ordained: 30 May 1896
Bishop: Diocese of Northampton from 21 November 1921 to 1 May 1932; consecration 15 December 1921 [principal consecrator was Cardinal Francis Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Arthur Doubleday of Brentwood and Bishop Thomas Dunn of Nottingham]
Died: 1 May 1932, aged 64,
Buried: Great Billing, Northamptonshire

CB048 · Corporate body · 1906

Founded by Margaret Fletcher (1862-1943). In 1906 a national Catholic conference was held in Brighton, and permission was given to distribute a pamphlet about the proposed league. By 1907, the Catholic Women's League had held its first general meeting under the presidency of the Archbishop of Westminster, and has sent from there a message of filial homage tp His Holiness Pope Pius X and received through Cardinal Merry del Val the Holy Father's affectionate blessing.

P004 · Person · 1976-1995

The Right Reverend Alan Charles Clark was born of convert parents in Bickley, Kent on 9th August 1919. When young he contracted polio and was taken to Lourdes. He made a recovery and set his sights on the priesthood. He studied at the Venerable English College in Rome and was ordained to the Priesthood for the Archdiocese of Southwark on 11 February 1945 (The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes). He was involved in the Second Vatican Council as a peritus and was later to become the Vice-Rector of his old seminary in Rome. From there he would return to his Diocese of Southwark where he became Parish Priest of Our Lady Help of Christian, Blackheath, Kent before being selected as the new Auxiliary Bishop of Northampton with the Titular See of Elmham.

Bishop Clark was named the Co-chairman of ARCIC (Anglican/Roman Catholic International Commission). As the first bishop of the new diocese, he had to set up all the necessary instruments and commissions for the diocese. The diocesan offices and diocesan tribunal were at The White House in Poringland near Norwich. This estate had been given to the Diocese of Northampton by the Birkbeck Family. It was the residence of the retired Bishop of Northampton, The Rt Revd Leo Parker.

Bishop Clark continued in office until his seventy-fifth birthday made it mandatory for him to tender his resignation to the Holy See in 1994. This was accepted on 21st March, 1995 and at that point he became Bishop Emeritus. He retired to a house built in the grounds and died in the 16th July, 2002 at the age of eighty-two. He was buried near the Slipper Chapel in Walsingham, Norfolk.

P715 · Person · 1958-

1958: born Tredegar, Wales
1978-1984: Studied at the Royal English College, Valladolid, Spain, the Pontifical University of Comillas in Madrid and at the Pontifical University of Salamanca.
1984: ordained for the Archdiocese of Cardiff.
1984-1986: Assistant Priest in the Metropolitan Cathedral of St David, Cardiff
1986-1988: Assistant Priest in Bridgend
1989: Post-graduate study in Spain
1989-94: Vice Rector at the Royal English College
1994-2001: Parish Priest of Chepstow and Caldicot
2001- 2019: Dean of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Cardiff
2004: Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
2019-2022 Parish priest in the parishes of St Mary of the Angels, Canton and Holy Family, Fairwater. 
2022: Ordained 5th Bishop of East Anglia

From Vatican announcement: "Msgr. Peter Gwilym Collins was born on 13 May 1958 in Tredegar, in the archdiocese of Cardiff. He was ordained a priest on 14 July 1984 for the same archdiocese. He attended the English College of Valladolid, Spain, and was awarded a licentiate in dogmatic theology from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid.
He has held the following offices: parish vicar of Saint David’s Cathedral in Cardiff (1984-1989); vice rector of the English College of Valladolid (1989-1994); parish priest of Chepstow, Caldicot and Magor (1995-2001); dean and administrator of Saint David’s Cathedral in Cardiff (2001-2019).
Since 2019 he has served as parish priest of Saint Mary of the Angels and Holy Family in Cardiff, diocesan representative for Safeguarding, president of the diocesan Commission for Education and chair of the Presbyteral Council. In addition, he is a member of the Cathedral Chapter of the archdiocese of Cardiff."

P427 · Person · 1980-2001

1945: Born
1981-86: Administrator for Anglican Shrine, Walsingham
1985-2001: Guardian
1993-9: Master of the Guardians

2020: Fr Christopher Colven, a former Anglican priest and sometime Master of the Society of the Holy Cross, is the Rector of St James, Spanish Place, London.