Sheringa, SA - St John the Evangelist Anglican (Former)

Year Built: 1910

Denomination: Anglican

Saint: John the Evangelist

Address: Flinders Highway, Sheringa, South Australia, 5607

Architect: Unknown

Last Updated: 20/03/2025

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History and Architecture:

The Church was built with random coursed stone walls and brick quoins. Gable ended corrugated galvanised iron roof. Random rubble porch and apse. Pointed 'windows. A Foundation stone reads, " To the Glory of God This stone was laid by Mrs James Telfer 6th July 1910".

Clergy:

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

Years	Name	D.o.B	D.o.D
1904 - 1907	Rev Gordon Cuming	1870	1959
1907 - 1911	Rev Richard Thomas Montgomery Radcliff	1870	1938
1911 - 1913	Rev Gervas V. Blois	1881	1961
1915 - 1921	Rev Arthur Stanley Urch	1883	1971
1921 - 1926	Rev John Brownwell Drabble	1863	1943
1926 - 1929	Rev S. J. Pethnick
1930 - 1943	Rev Sydney Herbert Davies	1893	1972
1944 - 1946	Rev C. G.E. Forrest Sale
1946 - 1947	Rev N. Selby James	1911	1982
1952 - 1952	Rev George Richard Mathers	1903	1963
1953 - 1955	Rev Philip Minton Connell	1914	2007
1955 - 1956	Rev Clive Penn	1912	2010
1957 - 1959	Rev Norman C. Kempson
1959 - 1962	Rev A. John Davies
1964 - 1965	Rev Ian McDowell
1965 - 1968	Rev Donald Grey Smith
1968 - 1972	Rev Denis Crispe
1972 - 1974	Rev Roberrt Pearson
1974 - 1974	Father Ron Herde
1976 - 1984	Rev John Goodman
1986 - 1989	Rev Peter Achurch
1989 - 1990	Rev Peter Davies
1991 - 1995	Rev Noel Oakey
1995 - 1998	Rev Robert Haste
1999 - 2003	Rev Lesley McLean
2001 - 2009	Rev Philippa Wetherell
2003 - 2007	Rev David Amery

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Contributions:

1. 2025 Elliston and Districts History Group for list of clergy.

Source:

1. Cable Clerical Index with permission.
2. heritage-surveys/eyre-peninsula-heritage-survey-dc-elliston-1987