History

The community of St Paul's began around 1855 in an iron building in Northumberland Park (what is now 125 Northumberland Park). A Ms Jemima Holt bequeathed some land in Park Lane and William Mumford, architect, was appointed. Construction work began in 1858 and the church, built from Kentish stone, was consecrated in 1859 as one of the "Commissioners churches

Commissioners' church

A Commissioners' church is an Anglican church in the United Kingdom built with money voted by Parliament as a result of the Church Building Act of 1818 and 1824. They have been given a number of titles, including Commissioners' churches, Waterloo churches and Million Act churches...

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In 1973 the building was demolished and whilst the new church and flats were being built the church community worshipped in the school hall across the road. The current building was consecrated in 1977 by the Rt Rev'd Bishop Bill Westwood, Bishop of Edmonton

Bishop of Edmonton (London)

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St Paul's is in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church of England

Church of England

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, celebrating Mass

Mass (liturgy)

"Mass" is one of the names by which the sacrament of the Eucharist is called in the Roman Catholic Church: others are "Eucharist", the "Lord's Supper", the "Breaking of Bread", the "Eucharistic assembly ", the "memorial of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection", the "Holy Sacrifice", the "Holy and...

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Clergy

1873 -	Rev D. J. Harrison (First Incumbent Incumbent The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W... )
c.1873 -	Rev Hugh M’Sorley, M. A
1893–1896	Rev Benjamin White Clinch
1953–1955	Fr Eric John Cooper (Curate Curate A curate is a person who is invested with the care or cure of souls of a parish. In this sense "curate" correctly means a parish priest but in English-speaking countries a curate is an assistant to the parish priest... )
1967–1977	Fr Raymond Avent (Parish Priest)
1976–1983	Fr Lamont Wellington Sanderson Phillips (NSM)
dates ?	Fr Stuart Wilson (Curate)
1973–1976	Fr Stephen Taylor (Curate)
1977–1994	Bishop Alan Hopes (Parish Priest)
1978–1982	Canon John Salter (Curate)
1982–1985	Tony Robinson (bishop) (Curate)
1983–1986	Fr John Hassell (Curate)
1985–1989	Fr Nigel Orchard (Curate)
1986–1988	Fr Christopher Darvill (Curate)
1988–1991	Fr Jeffrey Vaughan (NSM)
1988–1991	Fr Paul Waters (Curate)
1991–1994	Fr Nigel Massey (Curate)
1989	Fr Nigel Asbridge (Curate)
1991–1993	Fr Chris Eydon(Curate)
1994 -	Fr Peter Wilson (Curate)
1996–2006	Canon Andrew Dangerfield (Parish Priest)
1996–2001	Fr Mark Elliott-Smith (Curate)
1999–2004	Fr Jeremy Fox (Curate)
2000–2005	Fr Tony Haynes (NSM)
2002–2005	Fr Colin Dickson (Curate)
2007–2011	Fr Mark Elliott-Smith (Parish Priest)
2007–2011	Fr James Hill (Curate)
2010–Present	Fr Christopher Trundle (Curate)