We are currently developing this page and drawing up a list of previous holders for Pilgrimage positions.
Those in italics will be taking on the role later in
that year.
Pilgrimage Director
Fr H Gibney (1938)
No Pilgrimage: 1939 - 1946
Fr LB Johnson (1955)
Mgr Bill Saunders: 200? - present
Hospitalité Patron
Bishop Mervyn Alexander, Clifton: ?-1999
Bishop Crispian Hollis, Portsmouth: 2000 - 2011
Bishop Peter Doyle, Northampton: 2012 -
Hospitalité* Chairman/President
No Pilgrimage: 1939 - 1946
Bishop Leo Parker, Northampton: 1950
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 - 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
Matt Betts: 2004 – February 2009
Nimal Hemelge: 2009 - August 2012
Dail Maudsley: 2012-
Hospitalité Treasurer
Fr Bob Hall: ? – 1978
Louis King: 1978 -1980
David Lewis: 1980 - 2001
Chris Buller: 2001 -2006
Richard Long-Fox: 2006 - August 2012
Hugh Parry: 2012 -
Hospitalité Chaplain/Chaplain of the Sick
Fr GJ MacGillivray (1938)
No Pilgrimage: 1939 - 1946
Fr Nicholas King, SJ: ??
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 - 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 - 1994
Chris Atkin: 1995 - 2000
Michael Cleary: 2001– 2005
Rupert Bell: 2006 – 2010
Matt Betts: 2011 - 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 - present
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 – August 2012
Nuala Mellows: 2012 -
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 -
Young Helpers Group Leader
Fr Tony Rogers, Flick Ellis and Sister Amadeus: ? - 1994
Colin Ball: 1994 - 1997
Tony & Liz O'Rourke: 1998 - 2002
Tina Walker: 2003 - 2011
David & Judy Ball: 2012 -
* Please note that the Hospitalité started as a Confraternity which had an annual reunion first at the KSC Club and then sometimes at the Challenar Club in London.
If you can advise names and dates they were in the position, we would appreciate it, please email: archive@catholicassociation.co.uk