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Revd Stephen Cawley

The death has been announced of the Revd Stephen Cawley. Until his retirement in 2007, Stephen was Vicar of Gorsedd, Brynford, Ysgeifiog and Whitford.

Stephen CawleyTrained at St Deiniol's, Hawarden, he was ordained in 1984 and served as curate of Tranmere in Chester Diocese, before becoming Team Vicar in the Rectorial Benefice of Hawarden.  He was then Vicar of Gwernaffield and Llanferres from 1993 to 2002, before his move to Gorsedd.

The Bishop of St Asaph said, “Stephen was a committed parish priest who devoted himself to the care of the people of his parishes.  He was an accomplished musician and a bold preacher of the word.  His retirement was all too short and included the sad loss of his wife, Marjorie; he will be greatly missed in the Diocese.”

The Requiem for the Revd Stephen Cawley will be in St Bridget’s Dyserth on Monday 6 October at 9.30 a.m. 

Photo courtesy of the Flintshire Chronicle.

 

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