Church of All Saints, Cuddesdon

Abingdon Abbey founded the parish in Cuddesdon in about AD 1180.[1] The church dates from the middle of the 12th century.[2]

The chancel was restored in 1849 by Benjamin Ferrey,[2][1] and the rest of the church was restored between 1851 and 1853 by G. E. Street.[2]

The church was designated as a grade I listed building on 18 July 1963.[2]

Today, the Church of All Saints is part of the Benefice of Garsington, Cuddesdon and Horspath in the Archdeaconry of Dorchester of the Diocese of Oxford.[3] The church stands in the Liberal Catholic tradition of the Church of England.[3]

Due to its proximately, the church has close links with Ripon College Cuddesdon, an Anglican theological college. The college attends the church's evensong each day.[4]

• Fr William Fletcher Bishop, later Principal of the College of the Resurrection and Superior of the Community of the Resurrection, served his curacy here from 1933 to 1937[5]
• John Baker, later Bishop of Salisbury, served his curacy here from 1954 to 1957[6]
• Mark Chapman, Professor of the History of Modern Theology at the University of Oxford, non-stipendiary minister of the parish since 2014
• Alastair Redfern, later Bishop of Derby, an honorary curate of the parish from 1983 to 1987
• Mark Santer, later Principal of Westcott House, Cambridge, Bishop of Kensington, and Bishop of Birmingham, served his curacy here from 1963 to 1967[7]
• Michael Scott-Joynt, later Bishop of Winchester, served his curacy here from 1967 to 1970[8]
• Brian Smith, later Bishop of Edinburgh, served his curacy here from 1976 to 1979[9]
• Martin Wharton, later Bishop of Newcastle, was a priest of the parish from 1979 to 1983

Bibliography

• Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.

• Parish website
• A Church Near You entry