The Church of All Saints is a

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain ...

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Cuddesdon Cuddesdon is a mainly rural village in South Oxfordshire centred ESE of Oxford. It has the largest Church of England clergy training centre, Ripon College Cuddesdon. Residents number approximately 430 in Cuddesdon's nucleated village centre a ...

Oxfordshire Oxfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the north west of South East England. It is a mainly rural county, with its largest settlement being the city of Oxford. The county is a centre of research and development, primarily ...

. The church is a

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and it dates from the 12th century.

History

Abingdon Abbey Abingdon Abbey ( '' " St Mary's Abbey " '' ) was a Benedictine monastery located in the centre of Abingdon-on-Thames beside the River Thames. The abbey was founded c.675 AD in honour of The Virgin Mary. The Domesday Book of 1086 informs ...

founded the parish in Cuddesdon in about AD 1180. The church dates from the middle of the 12th century. The

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was

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in 1849 by

Benjamin Ferrey Benjamin Ferrey FSA FRIBA (1 April 1810–22 August 1880) was an English architect who worked mostly in the Gothic Revival. Family Benjamin Ferrey was the youngest son of Benjamin Ferrey Snr (1779–1847), a draper who became Mayor of Christc ...

, and the rest of the church was restored between 1851 and 1853 by G. E. Street. The church was designated as a

on 18 July 1963.

Present day

Today, the Church of All Saints is part of the

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of Garsington, Cuddesdon and Horspath in the Archdeaconry of Dorchester of the

Diocese of Oxford The Diocese of Oxford is a Church of England diocese that forms part of the Province of Canterbury. The diocese is led by the Bishop of Oxford (currently Steven Croft), and the bishop's seat is at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. It contains m ...

. The church stands in the Liberal Catholic

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of the

. Due to its proximately, the church has close links with

Ripon College Cuddesdon Ripon College Cuddesdon is a Church of England theological college in Cuddesdon, a village outside Oxford, England. The College trains men and women for ministry in the Church of England: stipendiary, non-stipendiary, local ordained and lay min ...

, an Anglican theological college. The college attends the church's

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each day.

Notable clergy

* Fr William Fletcher Bishop, later Principal of the College of the Resurrection and Superior of the Community of the Resurrection, served his curacy here from 1933 to 1937 * John Baker, later Bishop of Salisbury, served his curacy here from 1954 to 1957 * Mark Chapman, Professor of the History of Modern Theology at the University of Oxford,

non-stipendiary minister Self-supporting ministers (SSMs), previously called non-stipendiary ministers or non-stipendiary priests (NSMs), are religious ministers who do not receive a stipend (i.e. payment) for their services and therefore financially support their own mi ...

of the parish since 2014 * Alastair Redfern, later Bishop of Derby, an honorary curate of the parish from 1983 to 1987 *

Mark Santer Mark Santer (born 29 December 1936) is a retired Anglican bishop. He is the father of television producer Diederick Santer. Early life and education Santer was educated at Marlborough College and Queens' College, Cambridge, before his ordinati ...

, later Principal of Westcott House, Cambridge, Bishop of Kensington, and Bishop of Birmingham, served his curacy here from 1963 to 1967 *

Michael Scott-Joynt Michael Charles Scott-Joynt (15 March 1943 – 27 September 2014) was an English bishop and a Prelate of the Order of the Garter. He was appointed Bishop of Winchester, one of the five senior bishoprics in the Church of England, in 1995. He ha ...

, later Bishop of Winchester, served his curacy here from 1967 to 1970 * Brian Smith, later Bishop of Edinburgh, served his curacy here from 1976 to 1979 *

Martin Wharton John Martin Wharton, (born 6 August 1944) is a British Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in ...

, later Bishop of Newcastle, was a priest of the parish from 1979 to 1983

List of vicars

* 1945–1952:

Kenneth Riches Kenneth Riches (20 September 1908 – 15 May 1999) was an Anglican bishop during the second half of the 20th century. He served as the bishop of Dorchester from 1952 to 1957, and as the Bishop of Lincoln from 1957 to 1974. He was also the pr ...

, later Bishop of Dorchester and Bishop of Lincoln * 1952–1960:

Edward Knapp-Fisher Edward George Knapp-Fisher (8 January 19157 February 2003) was an Anglican bishop and scholar. Life Knapp-Fisher was born in Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom. His father was also an Anglican priest. He was educated at The King's School, Worc ...

, later Bishop of Pretoria * 1960–1970:

Robert Runcie Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie, (2 October 1921 – 11 July 2000) was an English Anglican bishop. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991, having previously been Bishop of St Albans. He travelled the world widely t ...

, later Archbishop of Canterbury * 1970–1977:

Leslie Houlden James Leslie Houlden (1 March 1929 – 3 December 2022) was a British Anglican priest and academic. He served as Principal of Cuddesdon Theological College from 1970 to 1975, and then, after its amalgamation with Ripon Hall, Principal of Ripon ...

, later Professor of Theology at King's College, London * 1977–1985: David Wilcox, later Bishop of Dorking * 2014–2019: Emma Pennington * 2020–present: Karen Charman

References

Bibliography *

External links

Parish website

A Church Near You entry
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