Annunciation Church, Walsall

The Church of the Annunciation, Walsall
The Mission Church of the Annunciation, Yew Tree, Walsall
The Church of the Annunciation, Walsall
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipTraditional Catholic
Websitewww.stgabrielschurchfullbrook.com
History
DedicationThe Annunciation
Dedicated27 March 1958
Architecture
ArchitectHickton Madely
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseLichfield
ArchdeaconryWalsall
DeaneryWalsall
ParishSt. Gabriel, Fullbrook, Walsall
Clergy
BishopRt Revd Paul Thomas SSC (AEO)
VicarFr Mark McIntyre CMP SSC
The Church of the Annunciation
The Sanctuary

The Mission Church of the Annunciation is a Church of England church in Walsall, West Midlands. Within the parish of St Gabriel's, Fullbrook, it serves the Tamebrige and Yew Tree estate, built by West Bromwich Council in 1956.

History

The church was dedicated by Rt Revd Stretton Reeve, Bishop of Lichfield, on 27 March 1958.[1] The building was designed to be dual-purpose, with a sanctuary at one end and a stage at the other, with both capable of being curtained-off.

Clergy

Vicars who have served The Annunciation

1958 - 1971 Fr S. Thomas;

1972 - 2010 Fr T. R. H. Coyne;

2011 - present Rev Prebendary Mark McIntyre CMP SSC.

Assistant priests

1958 - 1961 Fr E. Booth;

1967 - 1970 Fr K. Hill;

1970 - 1973 Fr H. Pascoe;

1974 - 1977 Fr N. Clapp;

1977 - 1978 Fr C. Marshall;

1980 - 1983 Fr B. Williams;

1988 - 1990 Fr G. Matthews;

1990 Fr D. Pearce;

1995 - 2004 Fr W. Poultney;

2000 - 2003 Fr E. Davies;

2005 - 2010 Fr N. Pierce;

2013 - 2016 Fr S. Oakes;

2019 - 2022 Fr R. Hume.

References

  1. ↑ A. P. Baggs; G. C. Baugh; D. A. Johnston (1976). M. W. Greenslade (ed.). "Walsall: Churches". A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 17: Offlow hundred (part). Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 17 July 2014.