St Richard’s Church

Sydney Road, Haywards Heath,

West Sussex RH16 1QE    

Priest:

This position is currently vacant

Assistant Priest:

 

Fr Gordon Bond SSC

 

Although I was born in Yorkshire, the years

spent out of that county have eradicated any

strong accent.  Having trained at Chichester

Theological College, my ministry has been

spent very much south of my homeland and

mostly in the Diocese of Chichester.

 

Before moving to the parish of St Mary East Grinstead, where I spent a large part of my priestly ministry, I was chaplain to Bishop Colin Docker, then Bishop of Horsham.  I enjoyed my time working with Bishop Colin, but always saw my vocation in parish ministry.  

 

I enjoyed my time at Saint Mary’s, where, with a strong core of laity, we led a firm spiritual life in the catholic tradition of the Church of England.

 

Since retiring early and battling with a few ill-health problems, I have been helping out in the parish of St Richard. Fr Ian, a friend of mine, was the vicar when I first came to the parish. He has since become Archdeacon of Plymouth.  During the interregnum, we continue onwards and are already planning how to celebrate the 750th anniversary of St Richard’s canonisation in January 2012.

 

My two hobbies are Travel in Continental Europe and Modern Foreign Languages. I speak reasonable French, and a little Italian and German.

 

 

                Reader:

 

                 Colin Hinton CoR

 

             Wardens:

 

            Michael Thomas

      

                        Michael King

 

           Verger:

             

           Tony Webb-Bowen