Seville, VIC - St Paul's Anglican (20923)

Year Built:

Denomination: Anglican

Saint: Paul

Address: 600 Warburton Highway, Seville, Victoria, 3139

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History and Architecture:

The first public meeting to purchase land and erect a suitable building for a Church of England in Seville, was held on 18 February 1886 in the home of Mr Wildman. The name St Paul's Wandin had been chosen on 25 June 1886 nly a month after the naming of the township of Seville.

The Dean of Melbourne The Very Reverend H.B. Macartney together with the Priest in charge of St John's Lilydale The Reverend W Jennings conducted the first service.

Clergy:

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

Years	Name	Annotation
1886 - 1888	Rev W Jennings
1886 - 1888	Rev Mackie
1888 - 1890	Rev R C Bourke
1900 - 1902	Rev J N Bartle
1902 - 1903	Rev W W Laidlay
1903 - 1906	Rev J Hunter Stokes
1906 -	Rev J Prior
1907 - 1909	Rev E J Whitycomb
1910 - 1911	Rev W H Thomas
1911 - 1912	Rev Roland Morrison
1913 - 1914	Rev C Cerruty
1915 - 1916	Rev A J White
1916 - 1919	Rev Charles Edwards
1920 - 1922	Rev C W Meredith
1923 - 1926	Rev Muray A Sales
1923 - 1926	Rev R J Rowell
1926 - 1928	Rev H D Campbell
1928 - 1933	Rev G Gordon Tymms
1933 - 1940	Rev F E.H. Tollhurst
1940 - 1943	Rev A C Donnelly
1943 - 1951	Rev W S Milne
1951 - 1954	Rev F H Morton
1954 - 1958	Rev A E Bellamy
1958 - 1962	Rev W A Reid
1962 - 1970	Rev A E.J. Strickland
1971 - 1975	Rev A O Baker
1975 - 1979	Rev B E Hansford
1979 - 1988	Rev D J Wilson
1985 - 1988	Rev J Phillips	Curate
1988 - 1998	Rev Michael Goodluck
1985 - 1998	Canon Alf Miller	Asst
1999 - 2005	Rev Wayne Walters
2006 -	Rev Phil Gale
2019 ? -	Rev Ron Peterson

Organ:

In 1916 a new Organ costing £40 was recommended. On the 17th of May a picture entertainment was held to cover a shortfall.

Extracts:

1. St Paul's Anglican Church Seville, A History 1886 - 2006. LH 283 STP