Foster, VIC - Christ Church Anglican

Year Built: 1962

Denomination: Anglican

Address: 34 Station Road, Foster, Victoria, 3960

Architect: Unknown

Last Updated: 29/03/2022

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History and Architecture:

The first church in Foster was licenced on 24 October 1890. The church and vicarage were destroyed by the disastrous bushfires of 1898. The Parish Hall was built in 1928. The current brick church was built in 1962.

Clergy:

This list may not contain every serving cleric, past or present, for this church.
Further submissions welcomed.

Years	Name	Annotation	D.o.B	D.o.D
1871 - 1800	Rev W. Clarke Hose	From Tarraville
1880 - 1888	Rev H. A. Betts	From Tarraville
1888 - 1894	Rev C. J. Chambers
1894 - 1895	Rev Harry Joseph Harvey		1865	1950
1895 - 1898	Rev T. A. Stephenson
1898 - 1902	Rev G. Merrick Long
1902 - 1904	Rev Herbert Thomas Fowler		1871	1942
1905 - 1908	Rev Eustace Vernon Wade		1877	1967
1908 - 1912	Rev Cecil Leslie Crossley		1882	1959
1912 - 1918	Rev A. J. Smith		1880	1965
1918 - 1919	Rev A. Craig
1919 - 1922	Rev A. J. Fisher
1922 - 1923	Rev Harry Carlton Bushby		1888	1969
1923 - 1926	Rev George John Baxter		1892	1960
1926 - 1927	Mr J. D. Sansom	Lay Reader
1928 -	Mr F. Wilson
1928 - 1930	Mr T. Bradshaw	Lay Reader
1930 - 1936	Rev Gilby Smith Gray		1890	1974
1938 - 1939	Rev Richard Mellon Southey		1907	1984
1939 - 1941	Rev Frederick William Hipkin		1901	1987
1941 - 1942	Rev T. Regnier
1943 - 1945	Rev E. J. Chapman
1946 - 1949	Rev W. Spencer
1949 -	Rev H. Frazer
1950 - 1953	Rev James Rattray
1953 - 1959	Rev Francis George Pearson
1960 - 1964	Rev David De Dear
1964 - 1971	Rev John D. Singleton
1971 - 1974	Archdeacon Raymond Elver Elliot
1974 -	Canon F. R. McGorlick
2021 -	Rev Tim Fletcher

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.