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Who's Who of Avon
“Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.”
— 1 Peter 4:10
Period / Clergy Role / note
- 1845–1847 Rev. Edward Gifford Pryce Visiting missionary; conducted the first recorded Anglican service in the Stratford area in 1845
- 1848–1853 Rev. Willoughby Bean Based at Tarraville; regularly visited Stratford and district
- 1854–1862 Rev. Peter King Simmons Incumbent of Sale; Stratford came under Sale's oversight
- 1863 onward Archdeacon Theodore C. B. Stretch and Sale clergy Stratford continued under Sale, generally served by its clergy/curates
- 1877–1880 Rev. William Green First resident Anglican clergyman at Stratford
- 1880–1885 George South Initially appointed while not ordained; subsequently referred to as Rev. George South
- 1885–c.1888 Rev. John Swindells Incumbent
- c.1888–1891 Rev. Arthur Allnutt Left Stratford January 1891
- 1891–1892 Rev. Herbert Hitchcock Left for Omeo in March 1892
- 1892–1895 Rev. William Richard Elvery Appointed as a deacon; left for Elmore
- 1895–1898 Rev. Rawdon Atkinson Blackham Initially appointed as a reader; subsequently ordained
- 1898–1910 Rev. William Thomas Roach Incumbent/Rector
- 1910 Rev. William Thomas Prentice Initially appointed locum, then became incumbent
- 1910–1913 Rev. William Thomas Prentice Left for Petersham and Stanmore, Sydney
- 1913–1918 Rev. Alfred Brain Licensed Rector, 3 July 1913
- 1918–1923 Rev. Allen Adeney Inducted 22 May 1918; subsequently appointed to diocesan work
- 1923–1926 Rev. Percy Wisewould Inducted 5 July 1923; also oversaw the Brotherhood of St John
- 1926–1929 Rev. Harold Carlton Busby Inducted 30 September 1926
- 1929–1935 Rev. Alfred Maher Inducted 30 August 1929
- 1935–1944 Rev. Frank King Inducted 11 February 1935
- 1944–1947 Rev. John Neil Ashton Succeeded Frank King; died while Rector, 21 June 1947
- 1947–1949 Rev. Percy Lord Inducted 17 September 1947; returned to England in 1949
- 1949–1953 Rev. William McSpedden Inducted November 1949
- 1953–1954 Rev. Leslie George Bootle Rose Inducted October 1953; resigned June 1954
- 1954–1955 Rev. Percy Joseph Lewis Ackland Inducted 9 September 1954; died while Rector, 13 October 1955
- 1955–1957 — Extended vacancy; services maintained principally by diocesan clergy
- 1957–1959 Rev. Allan Quee Inducted Rector, 27 November 1957
- 1959–1960 Rev. Francis George Pearson Inducted December 1959; died September 1960
- 1960–1963 Cathedral/diocesan oversight Includes Rev. Alfred Cecil Smith, Rev. Ray Low and Archdeacons Lees and Benn
- 1962 Rev. Leslie Somers-Smith Deacon appointed during the vacancy; arrangement did not continue
- 1963–1969 Rev. Michael Purtell Inducted Priest-in-Charge, 1 February 1963
- 1969–1975 Rev. Peter Farrington Inducted 9 February 1969; subsequently appointed Vicar
- 1975–1982 Rev. Bruce Cliff Priest-in-Charge/Rector; left for Bush Church Aid
- 1983–1985 Rev. Gordon Cooper Priest-in-Charge from January 1983; Rector from December 1984
- 1986–1991 Rev. Wayne Ireland Deacon in 1986; priested October 1986; Priest-in-Charge 1987; Rector from January 1989
- 1991 Rev. Ken Campbell / Rev. Ray Nicholls Vacancy ministry; Nicholls served approximately nine months as locum
- 1992–1993 Rev. Bill Burchill Part-time Priest-in-Charge
- 1994–c.1999 Cathedral oversight Dean Arthur Jones initially Priest-in-Charge; subsequently Dean Graeme MacRobb and Cathedral clergy
- 1999–2001 Cathedral oversight Dean Neil Hicks; Caroline Nancarrow, Josh Verspaandonk and others also supplied ministry
- 2000–2001 Rev. David Jones Cathedral assistant resident in the Stratford Rectory
- 2002–2005 Rev. Peter Chilver Deacon-in-Charge from July 2002; ordained priest February 2003
- 2005–2006 Rev. Gayle Ockenden Deacon-in-Charge
- 2006 Rev. Ian Crooks Interim Minister during a deliberate parish transition
- 2007–2011 Canon Caroline Nancarrow Priest-in-Charge from March 2007; later described as Rector
- 2011–2012 Rev. Brian & Rev. Anne Turner Locums from September 2011
- 2012–2015 Rev. Brian Turner Priest-in-Charge, inducted 26 July 2012
- 2015–2016 Rev. Lyn Williams Locum, November 2015–August 2016
- 2017– Rev. David Perryman Inducted Curate-in-Charge 6 February 2017; ordained priest 10 June 2017
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