Administrator of the Shrine
Alfred Hope Patten
1931-1958
John Colin Stephenson
1958-1968
Charles David Smith
1968-1972
Alan Vincent Carefull
1973-1981
Christopher George Colven
1981-1986
Roy Fellows
1987-1993
Martin Clive Warner
1993-2002
Philip John North
2002-2008
Lindsay Goodall Urwin
2009-2015
Philip Richard Barnes (Interim)
2016-2017*
Kevin Smith
from 2016*
*Fr Philip and Fr Kevin worked together for a time in 2016-17
After Fr Patten's death the two offices that he had held together -
Administrator of the Shrine and Parish Priest of Walsingham - were separated.
He had been Parish Priest from 1921 to 1958. Then followed in that office:
Alan Arthur Roe
1959-1977
John Edgar Barnes
1977-1989
Michael John Rear
1989-1995
Keith Frank Haydon
1995-1999
Norman Banks
2000-2011
Andrew Mark Mitcham
2013-2018
Harri Alan McClelland Williams
from 2018
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Office Holders
The Master of the Guardians
Alfred Hope Patten
1931-1958
John Colin Stephenson
1958-1973
Arthur John Colin Burke Gill
1973-1982
David Michael Hope
1982-1993
Christopher George Colven
1993-1996
Peter George Cobb
1996-2006
Martin Clive Warner
2006-2016
Philip John North
from 2016