Vicars of St Johns

Our first vicar was the Rev J H Greenwood who was incumbent at St Johns from 1847 to 1877. Between 1847 and 1957 the church had five vicars. Since 1957 we have had a further eight  vicars who have seen the church through many changes.

1847 - 1877   Rev J H Greenwood          1877 - 1914   Rev T Butterworth

1914 - 1938   Rev R W Cummings          1939 - 1953   Rev W Branwood

1953 - 1957   Rev  J H Pratt                    1958 - 1962   Rev F C Mann

1962 - 1969   Rev P B Bibby                   1969 - 1975   Rev D Caton

1976 - 1987   Rev J F Petty                     1988 - 1991   Rev  J R Da Costa

1991 - 1996   Rev J M MacGillivray         1997 - 2004   Rev I St J Fisher

2005 - 2012   Rev A L Owens                  2013 - 2021   Rev E J Devall