OUR NEW PARISH PRIEST

The Bishops of Bristol and Oswestry together with the Archdeacon of Bristol are delighted to announce the appointment of Fr Simon PJ Clark SSC to be the Interim  Priest in Charge of All Hallows Easton, Holy Nativity Knowle and Christ Church with St Ewen, in the Diocese of Bristol and all under the Episcopal Care of the Bishop of Oswestry.

Fr Simon grew up in Exeter and Nottingham. His father was a college lecturer, and his mother worked as a secretary in the finance sector. He has a younger sister.

At 18 he went to work for the Missions to Seafarers (founded in Bristol) in the Ports of Liverpool and Kobe, Japan. On returning to the UK working in the Box Office Theatre Royal Centre before spending almost six years with Apple Mac in Nottingham and the Midlands.

He is a lifelong Anglican and had a vocation to the priesthood at the age of 12, it was a long journey but God was faithful and he was selected for training for the priesthood in 1993. He attended Westcott House Theological College before being ordained Deacon in 1998 and priest a year later in the Chelmsford Diocese.

He has served as a priest in Braintree, Essex, and in Enfield, and for the last 17 years, as Vicar of St Mark’s Noel Park in Wood Green North London and latterly as Asst Director of Ordinands for the Bishop of Fulham.

His interests are trains, travel, cooking, cinema/theatre, history, music, walking and cycling.

He is a devoted member of the Society of the Holy Cross (SSC) since 1999 and currently serves as the Provincial Secretary and Registrar General. He is a Priest of the Society of St Wilfred and St Hilda and a keen Pilgrim to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.

Fr Simon was licensed at All Hallows on the evening of Wednesday 18th June.

His contact details are as follows:

Telephone: 07956 018002
Email: frspjc@icloud.com

PLEASE NOTE FR SIMON'S DAY OFF IS FRIDAY