AN OXFORD church has welcomed its first new priest for more than half a century. Reverend James Cocke led All Saints’ Church in Headington for a mammoth 64 years, before retiring 18 months ago. The Bishop of Oxford, Reverend Steven Croft, has now conducted a licensing ceremony to officially appoint Reverend Leon Catallo as the new priest at All Saints’.
The Bishop of Oxford, Reverend Steven Croft. Picture: Jon Lewis Church warden James Larminie said: “In the 18 months since the previous vicar took his last service and moved to Dorset for a very well-earned retirement, all churches have had to adapt and change to the unusual circumstances that Covid-19 has caused.