Leongatha, VIC - St Peter's Anglican

Denomination: Anglican

Saint: Peter

Address: Corner Bruce & McCartin Streets, Leongatha, Victoria, 3953

Architect: Unknown

Traditional Owners: Bunurong people

Last Updated: 08/03/2023

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History and Architecture:

It seems that the town of Leongatha had its beginnings just before the south Gippsland railway line reached that area in 1892. The first Church of England service in Leongatha was held in the home of Miss Shingler on 25 February 1890. It was conducted by Archdeacon Henry Langley and the Reverend C.J. Chambers from Foster.

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
1890 - 1892	W. Richard Elvery	Reader
1892 - 1893	Francis Vey	Reader	1865	1945
1893 - 1898	Ernest S. North	Reader
1898 - 1900	L Townsend	Reader	1873	1950
1900 - 1904	Rev Edmund Frederick Pelletier		1874	1919
1904 - 1906	Rev Walter Donald Kennedy		1869	1951
1906 - 1909	Rev Arthur Edwin Fleming Young		1873	1944
1909 - 1913	Rev Alfred Gamble		1867	1960
1913 - 1922	Rev Harry Joseph Harvey		1865	1950
1922 - 1929	Rev Leonard Maitland Nancarrow		1881	1949
1930 - 1932	Rev Adrian Gearing		1890	1958
1932 - 1936	Rev Frederick Walter Miller		1893	1962
1936 - 1941	Rev Terence Robert Vizard		1894	1989
1941 - 1943	Rev Joseph Donald Sansom		1902	1991
1943 - 1952	Rev Richard Mellon Southey		1907	1984
1952 - 1960	Rev H. A. Cairns		1914	2012
1960 - 1969	Rev Norman Womersley McDonald			1998
1969 - 1975	Rev Michael Edward Purtell
1975 - 1978	Rev Edward George Gibson		1935
1976 - 1978	Rev E. G. Gibson
1978 - 1981	Rev D. G. Smallbone
1982 - 1985	Rev G. W. Reynolds
1985 - 1996	Rev G. E. Cooper
1998 - 2003	Rev R. W. Chidgey
2004 - 2007	Rev L. J. Troth
2007 - 2014	Rev Janet E. Wallis
2015 -	Rev Graham Knott

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Contributions:

1. Marion Dewar 2023.

Source:

1. Cable Clergy Index.