Fr Patten's death and funeral
August 1958
Photographs of Fr Patten during his last service (11 August), at which he collapsed, and died
later that night in his cottage, and of his funeral procession (13 August). After these are
colour photographs taken by Graham Howard on 11 August 2008, the fiftieth anniversary of
Fr Patten's death.
all colour photographs are © Graham Howard
in his last procession;
and (far right) the last photograph
nothing changes - 1923 above - the
earliest-known photograph of a
pilgrimage procession
at the grave - (left) the then Parish Priest,
Fr Norman Banks, and (right) the then Administrator,
Fr Philip North
11 August 2008: The Commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Fr Patten’s death
The five bishops in this last procession were Leslie Stradling of SW Tanganyika, Gerald Brooks of
Honduras, Cecil Muschamp of Kalgoorlie, William Baker of Zanzibar and Gay Mandeville of Barbados, all
in England for the 1958 Lambeth Conference.
a press
photograph: Fr
Patten can just
be glimpsed at
the back
13 August 1958: the funeral procession
By mistake, the Guardians' cross was carried at the head of the procession
instead of in front of the coffin.
all colour photographs are © Graham Howard
the grave (centre) showing the later headstone, which
replaced the original wooden cross c1997; the cross
hangs inside the church
