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Cawthorne, Garard (Gary) Rev
P697 · Person · 1981-1993

1982-1985 - St Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds
1986-? - St George's, Norwich
1988-1989 - Our Lady and English Martyrs, Cambridge
1990-1993 - (Our Lady of Lourdes), Dogsthorpe, Peterborough

Healey, Richard Fr
P638 · Person · 1980-

Fr Dick Healey retired to Montana in Great Barton, near Bury St Edmunds. While resident there Fr Dick will be the chaplain to the Community of the Benedictine Sisters of Our Lady of Grace and Compassion and the nursing home. He was brought up in Ipswich and was a regular altar server in St Mary's and St Pancras parishes. In 1973 he was sent to Campion House, Osterley and in 1974 he transferred to Oscott Seminary and was ordained as a priest in 1980. He served in St George's, Norwich and St Edmunds in Bury St Edmunds, as parish priest at St Mary's, Ipswich, at Brandon and Mildenhall, at Woodbridge and as part of the clergy team in Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge. His final four years as parish priest at Fakenham.

1980: Ordained
1996: writing to Bishop's Office re Guild of St Stephen
2016-2020: PP at Fakenham
2020: Retired

Hodgson, Alan Rev
P737 · Person · 2019-

2019: ordained
2022: Dean of St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich

Hypher, Paul Augustine Rev
P173 · Person · 1957-

1957: Innsbrook seminary
1962: ordained
1977- : PP at Peterborough
1986: DEA - Commissioner for schools in Cambridgeshire
1993-1994: PP at St Benet's, Beccles
1994: St Joseph's, Southampton
1994-2003: St Etheldreda, Newmarket
2003: retired

Langham, Mark Rev (-2022)
P017 · Person · 1990-2022

1979 to 1983: Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School then studying Classics at Magdalene College, Cambridge
1990: ordained
?-2008: Administrator of Westminster Cathedral
2009-2013: Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
2013-?: Chaplain at Fisher House (the University of Cambridge's chaplaincy for Catholic students)
2022: died

He was influential in relations between the Catholic and Anglican Churches during the consolidation of plans to create the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. A 2012 Tablet article described him as a "clear preacher with a good sense of humour".
Langham was a prolific writer and has contributed to The Tablet, amongst other publications. In 2014, he wrote an article entitled, "God knows where the women bishops vote leaves Anglican-Catholic relations". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Langham (accessed 26-7-2018)
Obituary: RCDEA 2022 Yearbook page 70-71 (accessed 6-1-2024)

P162 · Person · 1878-1946

1878: born
1911: Beda College, Rome
1915: ordained
WW1: chaplain, awarded Military Cross
-1922: Chaplain, Cambridge University
1922: PP at Our Lady & English Martyrs, Cambridge
1926: Canon
1941: Vicar General
1941?-1945: PP at Ely
1946, Dec 31: Died

Neate, Andrew Rev
P754 · Person · 1997-

1996: ordained into the diaconate
~1997: deacon in Huntingdon
?-?: [17 years] chaplain, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
2020: ordained
2020-2021: Assistant priest, King's Lynn
2021- : PP at St Anthony of Padua, Fakenham

"Andrew Neate has been serving as a Permanent Deacon in the parish of Cromer and Sheringham in Norfolk. He had left his banking career early and was able, when ordained in 1996, to offer a full-time commitment to the Diaconate ministry. Following a time in parish ministry in Huntingdon, he served for 17 years as a chaplain at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge, being attached to Our Lady and the English Martyrs. He was married for 50 years to Margaret and was widowed three years ago. Bishop Alan, after recognising his vocation to the priesthood, asked him to undertake some studies at Allen Hall to prepare for ordination. His late wife’s family are descended from St Thomas More, and as the Seminary is on the site of More’s Chelsea House, it seemed fitting that he should study there. He had been was brought up in a Methodist household, living in south-east London. He left school at sixteen and worked for an American company in central London, specialising in Personnel Relations. At the same time, he joined an Ecumenical Community, The Bede House Association, founded by Clare College, Cambridge. Originally founded to help the deprived dockers of Bermondsey, it had come to focus on young people. There he was influenced by many Anglican and Catholic Clergy and subsequently decided to embrace the Catholic Faith. He was for ten years director of the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes, using hospital contacts to build up the nursing help for assisted pilgrims. Lourdes has always been a deeply enriching place for him and important for his spiritual journey. In Cromer he has been active in the parish while also needing time for his wife’s care. In this he has been grateful for much support and prayer from the parish." 2021 Diocesan Yearbook p68

P107 · Person · 1864-1937

1864: born at Baldrock, nr Dublin
1892: ordained
1893: asst. priest Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge
1899-1937: curate, Parish Priest at St. Mary and St. Charles Borromeo at Wisbech
1937: died

For thirty-eight years priest in charge of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary and St. Charles Borromeo at Wisbech, Father Page had not enjoyed good health for several years. For a considerable time his health had forced him to curtail his activities in the priesthood. 
His death, in his 74th year, will come as a sad blow to many, for he was loved and held in high esteem over a wide area, and he will be remembered as a friend to all. None sought his aid in vain if it were within his powers to render a helping hand, and it was said of him that he would give his all to assist one in need.
Although he had suffered considerably during the last four years, Father Page had always maintained a cheerful disposition. His long illness he had borne with great fortitude. 
The Rev. Father Page was born in Ireland at Baldrock, near Dublin, on November 17th, 1864, and he received his early education in Scotland and later attended the Grammar School at Jedburgh. He served an apprenticeship as a nurseryman and seedsman and was evidently very enthusiastic about the work. As a young man he was greatly interested in the culture of rare and expensive flowers and became recognised as an authority on them. In later years he retained his interest in growing and many were the beautiful arrays which he produced from the Presbytery garden at Wisbech. 
Soon after completing his apprenticeship Father Page entered St. James' Aquinas Seminary at Shefford, in Bedfordshire. Three years later, in 1887, he went to St. Peter's College, Glasgow. It was originally intended that he should work in the Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, but on account of a breakdown in health he returned to Shefford. He was ordained to the priesthood of the Church of St. Francis, at Shefford, in 1892. The following year he became assistant priest at the Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs at Cambridge. 
In 1899 Father Page came to Wisbech as curate to the late Father Colpman, who was then priest. On Father Colpman's retirement after holding the rectorship for thirty-eight years, Father Page succeeded him. He was appointed Rural Dean of this part of the diocese of Northampton. Father Page had rebuilt the small church at Thorney Toll, used generally for Irish harvesters coming into the district, and every Sunday was filled to capacity. 
Under his guidance the Church at Wisbech has grown and whereas the congregation numbered twenty when he first arrived, the average attendance became about three hundred. During the time of his priesthood a new organ was installed in the church, and it was as a result of his efforts that St. Joseph's Hall was built as a home of St. Joseph's Club. The club itself started in a small room in the Presbytery, subsequently it was moved to the church room, and finally Father Page had the present building erected. Always he took a keen interest in the club and even during quite recent years, while he was still able to do so, he had joined the members in the club room from time to time. 
Father Page was instrumental in starting St. Audrey's Convent in Alexandra Road, and he it was who bought the property. During the War years, Father Page was one of the hardest workers at the V.A.D. Hospital at Wisbech. The patients had a great regard for him and looked forward to his many visits. Soldiers and sailors home from the front on leave looked up to him and they were always assured of a warm welcome from him. 
When he celebrated his silver jubilee as a Roman Catholic priest in 1917, members of the church and many of his friends in the Wisbech district subscribed to make a handsome presentation to him. The gift, a cheque, was handed to him in the then newly-completed hall, by Mr. K. de H. Ollard. 
Father Page had done his duties as parish priest in a most noble manner, and he gained the affection of Catholics in Wisbech and elsewhere, and all who had the good fortune to be associated with him in any way: A friend to all, he valued his friendships highly. Of a quiet and unassuming nature, he did far more good work than will ever be known. His sympathies and advice were readily given to those who needed them, and his cheery word of greeting is sadly missed.

This obituary, and the image, is from “Catholic Brochure & Blotter Easter 1938-1939”

P238 · Person · 1883-1947

1883: born San Francisco,California, USA
1914-1918: enlisted, Major
1926: ordained
1926-1934: Wymondham Mission
1934-1938: Cambridge
1938-1941: Thetford
1941-1945: Lowestoft
1945-1947: Sheringham

P345 · Person · 1935-2016

Tony Philpot was born in 1935 in Croydon. When war broke out the family moved to Bedford. Following education at Bedford School, he began his studies at the English College in Rome, was ordained in 1959, and returned to the Northampton diocese to serve as curate in Bedford and then the Cathedral.
His first pastoral charge was Leighton Buzzard, and, thereafter, all his parish appointments were in what became the East Anglia diocese. He went to Ipswich, Newmarket, and to Our Lady and the English Martyrs in Cambridge, where he remained for fourteen years. His time there, where his gifts as a talented preacher and a gentle pastor were much appreciated, was one of change.
Tony was involved in reorganisation of Catholic state secondary education in Cambridge. When the East Anglia diocese was established, Bishop Clark put him in charge of RE, and later made him vicar general. The 1980s were a time when support to diocesan priests was given priority, and he co-ordinated this work. He also become involved in the Jesus Caritas Fraternity, and eventually became the worldwide responsible. This took him out of the country frequently, and, as a seasoned traveller, he soon learnt the perils of lost luggage. He boasted that he could be away for three weeks, just taking hand luggage with him and washing his clothes on a daily basis.
He was elected to the Old Brotherhood of the English Secular Clergy, the successor of the body which had, in penal times, been responsible for governing the Church in England. When he left Cambridge in 1994, Tony took the unusual step of returning to Ipswich, but was soon asked to look after Palazzola, the country villa of the English College, close to Lake Albano. He was increasingly asked to give retreats, and many dioceses benefited from his accessible wisdom and deeply-rooted spirituality. He wrote two books – ‘Priesthood in Reality’ and ‘You Shall be Holy’. Unsurprisingly, he was asked to move to the College to become Spiritual Director, a post he held for five years.
Retirement took him to Peterborough, where his linguistic gifts were harnessed in ministering to the large Portuguese-speaking community. After some years there he decided to move to London when an independent-living flat became available at St Anne’s in Stoke Newington. On being diagnosed with cancer he was transferred to the nursing home section of St Anne’s, where died on 16th July 2016.

Smith, Michael Rev
P721 · Person · 2021-

2017-2021: Study at the Pontifical Beda College in Rome.
2021: St Lawrence, Cambridge
3 July 2021: Ordained
Autumn 2021: Asst. Priest, St John the Baptist RC Cathedral, Norwich

P740 · Person · 1927-2012

Known as "Fr Peter" as his parishioners could not pronounce his Dutch name.

1927: 15 November, born, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands
1969: ordained
1971/72: Our Lady Help of Christians, Luton
1972/74: St Gregory the Great, Northampton
1974-1978: Assistant priest at Leighton Buzzard
-1982: PP at Whittlesey
1982-: PP at Cambridge
1991: 30 September, appt. KON (Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau) (Dutch: "Ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau")
1987-2001: PP at Woodbridge
2012: died (buried at sea)