Past Officials
Pilgrimage Director
Fr H Gibney 1938
No Pilgrimage: 1939 – 1946
Fr LB Johnson 1955
Mgr W Raymond Lawrence: 1956 – 1997
Mgr Bill Saunders: 1998 – 2015
Fr Simon Blakesley: 2016 – Present
Chief Brancardier
No Pilgrimage: 1939 – 1946
Peter Crane: 1950 – 1963
Mowbray Bessell: 1964 – 1968
Patrick Tombe: 1969 – 1976
David Lewis: 1977 – 1990
Anthony Martin: 1991 – 1995
Chris Atkin: 1996 – 2000
Michael Cleary: 2001– 2005
Rupert Bell: 2006 – 2010
Matthew Betts: 2010 – 2015
Richard Hargreaves: 2016 – Present
Hospitalité* Chairman/President
No Pilgrimage: 1939 – 1946
Sue Balfour: 1978
Fr Bob Hall: 1978 – 1980
David Lewis: 1981 – 1990
Ann Whitehead: 1991 – 1992
David Lewis: 1993 – 1996
Nell Atkin: 1997 – 2001
Michael Cleary: 2001 – 2006
Colette Sharrock: 2006 – 2010
Chris Buller: 2011 – 2015
Anne Hoskins: 2015 – Present
Chief Handmaid
No Pilgrimage: 1939 – 1946
Pat Collins: 1950 – 1969
Sue Balfour: 1970 – 1979
Anne Whitehead: 1980 – 1992
Colette Sharrock: 1993 – 1999
Sadie Vile: 2000 – 2008
Anna Jackson: 2009 – 2013
Ciara Jackson: 2014 – 2018
Lina Al-Araj: 2019 - Present
Hospitalité Chaplain/Chaplain of the Sick
Fr GJ MacGillivray (1938)
No Pilgrimage: 1939 – 1946
Fr Brian Murphy-O’Connor:
Fr Paul Townsend: – 1997
Fr John Warrington: 1997 – 2002
Fr Michael Scanlon: 2002 – 2005
Fr Simon Blakesley: 2006 – 2011
Fr Antony Lester, O.Carm: 2012 – 2014
Fr Nicholas King, SJ: 2015 – Present
Hospitalité Secretary
No Pilgrimage: 1939 – 1946
Mgr M Wilson: 1950 – 1966
Mowbray Bessell: 1966 – 1969
Jack Collins: 1970 – 1972
Fr Bob Hall: 1973– 1978
Louis King: 1978 – 1981
Richard Martin: 1981 – 1986
Dominic Nixon: 1986 – 1989
Gerard Eaton: 1990 – 1996
Chris Thorpe: 1996 – 2001
Mark Smith: 2002 – 2003
Matthew Betts: 2004 – 2009
Nimal Hemelge: 2009 – 2012
Dail Maudsley: 2012- 2015
Chris Talbot: 2015 –2018
Chief Medical Officer
F Joyce and Helen Ingleby (1938)
No Pilgrimage: 1939 – 1946
G. Morgan Evans: 1950 -1966
Otto Belam: 1966
Tom Tangney: 1967 – 1975
St John Dowling: 1975
Tom Tangney: 1975 – 1977
St John Dowling: 1977 – 1991
Professor David Morrell: 1992 – 1995
Trevor Fernandes: 1996 – 2000
Chris Parry: 2001 – 2005
Trevor Fernandes: 2006 – 2008
Adam Farmer: 2009 – 2012
Nuala Mellows: 2013 – Present
Hospitalité Patron
Bishop Leo Parker, Northampton: – 1967
Bishop Charles Grant, Northampton: 1967 – 1983
Bishop Mervyn Alexander, Clifton: 1983 – 1999
Bishop Crispian Hollis, Portsmouth: 2000 – 2011
Bishop Peter Doyle, Northampton: 2012 – Present
Young Helpers Group Leader
Fr Tony Rogers, Flick Ellis and Sister Amadeus Bulger: 1992 – 1994
Colin Ball: 1994 – 1997
Tony O’Rourke: 1998 – 2002
Tina Walker: 2003 – 2011
David & Judy Ball: 2012 – 2015
John Toryusen: 2016 – 2018
Chief Nurse
No Pilgrimage: 1939 – 1946
Sister/Mother Bernadette: 1950 – 1979
James Browne: 1980 – 1995
Chris Collins: 1996 – 1999
Margaret Fielding: 2000 – 2003
Frances Presgraves: 2004 – 2008
Sue Woodford: 2009 – 2011
Rachel Easton: 2012
Theresa Mahon: 2013 – Present
Hospitalité Treasurer
Fr Bob Hall: – 1978
Louis King: 1978 -1980
David Lewis: 1980 – 2001
Chris Buller: 2001 – 2006
Richard Long-Fox: 2006 – 2012
Hugh Parry: 2013 – 2016
John Hirwe: 2016 – Present