Clergy

Fr Herbert Hammond        1924 – 1937           Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Church opened September 1935

Fr Leonard Maudsley         1937 – 1938

Fr William O’Grady             1938 – 1943

Fr Keith Gibbs                     1944 – 1950

Fr William O’Grady             1950 – 1954

Fr Wilfrid Warren                1954 – 1959

Fr William O’Grady             1959 – 1967           Retired in Pateley Bridge and lived there until his death in 1971

Fr Bill Backhouse               1967 – 1971

Fr Felix Scanlon                  1970 – 1983

Monsignor Basil Loftus     1983 – 1987           Golden Jubilee 1984; Church renovated 1984-86

Fr Angelo Phillips                1987 – 1993            Central Heating completed 1990-91

Canon Cyril Moverley        1993 – 2004            Conservatory built 2001; Retired 3/10/ 2004; Died 23/11/2007

Fr Paul Reid                         2004 – 2005            Retired due to ill health; Fr Michael Smith supply 2005-6; Disabled Access to church installed

Canon Vincent O’Hara       2006 – 2011           Retired to live at Mount St Joseph’s with the Little Sisters in Headingly, July 2011; Died 04/03/2021.

Canon Joseph Taylor          2012 – August 2016     Celebrated his Golden Jubilee in June 2016. Retired to live in Filey.

Fr Michael Walsh                September 2016 – April 2019     Retired to Otley

Fr Maurice Pearce              April 2019 – August 2022     Retired to Headingley

Fr Christopher Willis           August 2022