St Chad`s College in Durham is patron of the Living of
Saint Faith's. The parish of Saint Faith`s was carved from
the existing parishes of St. Mary's, St. Luke's and St.
John's; at the time of its construction the church stood in
a largely rural area with little housing but that was to
change during the first decade of the 20th century. Because
the parish was formed from land originally covered by
existing parishes the church did not have its own Vicar
until the incumbents of these parishes all retired. T.H.
Baxter, H.B. Bentley-Smith and John Brierley, the first
three incumbents, were not actually vicars of St. Faith`s;
as the Priest-in-Charge they were known technically as a
Perpetual Curates.
{left} The High Altar viewed from the Chancel steps. Six of the seven Chancel lamps can be seen as can the highly decorative Reredos. The north side choir stalls can just be observed to the left of the picture.
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Click on the name of a particular incumbent in the table
below order to see photographs and biographies
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Rev. Thomas Howe Baxter | 1900 | . |
Rev. Harold Bentley Bentley-Smith | 1915 | . |
Rev. John Brierley | 1918 | Honorary Canon, Liverpool Cathedral 1931 |
Rev. John Schofield | 1936 | . |
Rev. William Hassall | 1948 | Lichfield Diocesan Director of Youth Work 1944-48 |
Rev. Charles Alfred Billington | 1966 | . |
Rev. Peter Goodrich | 1972 | Rural Dean - Bootle Deanery 1979 |
Rev. Richard Capper | 1983 | Area Dean - Bootle Deanery 1989 |
Rev. Neil George Kelley | 1999 | First Vicar of the United Benefice of St Faith and St
Mary. Diocesan Advisor on Liturgy and Worship |
Rev Simon Tibbs |
2013 |
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Rev Susan Lucas | 2014 |
Left the United Benefice in April
2017. |
Rev John Reed |
2017 |