St Gabriel's Church, Walsall
St Gabriel's Church is a Church of England parish church in Walsall, West Midlands. Its parish includes Fullbrook, Caldmore, Bescot, The Delves, Palfrey, and Tamebridge and Yew Tree.
| St Gabriel's Church, Walsall | |
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| Parish Church of St Gabriel, Walsall | |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Traditional Catholic |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Dedication | St Gabriel |
| Consecrated | 4 February 1939 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Richard Twentyman |
| Style | Art deco |
| Administration | |
| Parish | St. Gabriel, Fullbrook, Walsall |
| Deanery | Walsall |
| Archdeaconry | Walsall |
| Episcopal area | Wolverhampton |
| Diocese | Lichfield |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Fr Mark McIntyre CMP SSC |
| Assistant priest(s) | Fr Richard Hume |
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History
The church of St Gabriel the Archangel, Fullbrook, originated in a mission founded in 1936 when a conventional district was formed out of the parishes of St. Matthew, Walsall, St. Michael, Caldmore, St. Mary, Palfrey, and St. Paul, Wood Green, Wednesbury. A curate-in-charge was appointed by the bishop of Lichfield and received a stipend of £300. (fn. 399) Services were at first held in the mission church of the Good Shepherd at Delves Green, transferred from St. Paul's parish. In 1938 a site in Walstead Road was acquired for the new church, which was consecrated in 1939 by Right Reverend Edward Woods, Bishop of Lichfield, on 4 February 1939. The cost of erection was met largely by a bequest from J. F. Laing, Vicar of St. Michael's Caldmore 1877–1921. Late in 1939 the district became a parish.
The living, at first a perpetual curacy and from 1969 a vicarage, has remained in the gift of the bishop of Lichfield.
The incumbent's house was in Broadway; the present house south-east of the church was built in 1956.
A mission church and hall, dedicated to the Annunciation, was built within the parish on the new Yew Tree estate.
St. Gabriel's was designed by Lavender & Twentyman of Wolverhampton. It is a red-brick building in a modern style and consists of chancel surmounted by tower, north Lady chapel, nave, and west baptistery; there is a gallery over the baptistery. At the west end the church is joined by a covered way to a hall, opened in 1971.
Clergy
Vicars who have served St Gabriel's
1935 - 1948 Fr A. Fraser
1948 - 1954 Fr J. McCullough
1954 - 1971 Fr S. Thomas
1972 - 2010 Fr T R H Coyne
2011–present Rev Prebendary Mark McIntyre CMP SSC
Assistant Priests
1958 - 1961 Fr E Booth
1967 - 1970 Fr K Hill
1970 - 1973 Fr H Pascoe
1974 - 1977 Fr N Clapp
1977 – 1978 Fr C Marshall
1980 - 1983 Fr B Williams
1988 - 1990 Fr G Matthews
1990 Fr D Pearce
1995 - 2004 Fr W Poultney
2000 - 2003 Fr E Davies
2005 - 2010 Fr N Pierce
2013 - 2016 Fr S Oakes
2019 - Fr R Hume