{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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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 biography of each priest.
From
Fr Hassall onwards, each entry has a short sound file featuring the
voice of the incumbent.
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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 |
