Company of Mission Priests

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The Company of Mission Priests (CMP) is a "dispersed community" of male priests of the

Society of St John the Evangelist
.

Characteristics

CMP follows a

simple vow) which are renewed annually. The whole community meets in general chapter
once a year and the regional chapters more frequently.

CMP is known for its work in Guyana and Madagascar and for its work in staffing "needy" parishes in England with two or more priests living in a clergy house. CMP was one of the founding members of the Vincentian Millennium partnership in 2000.

Wardens

  • Roy Fellows (1981–1987)
  • Timothy Pike (2005–2012)
  • Beresford Skelton (2012–present)

Episcopal visitor

The episcopal visitor is Martin Warner, Bishop of Chichester.

References

  • Anglican Religious Life 2008–2009: A Yearbook of Religious Orders and Communities in the Anglican Communion, and Tertiaries, Oblates, Associates and Companions. Canterbury Press Norwich, 2007. p. 170.
  • - A Basic Directory: Company of Mission Priests