Father Rupert became our Parish Priest in 1984 and celebrated our centenary with us.  His  previous appointments had included St Peters,  Seel Street, Liverpool where he was known beyond the parish boundaries as a contributor  to the "Catholic Pictorial".

Whilst at Saint Mary's Brownedge he succeeded in bringing the traffic to a halt on the A6 for a   procession of the Blessed Sacrament from   St. Benedicts School to Saint Mary's. 

Father Rupert left us in 1993 and is now Parish  Priest at Ampleforth in Yorkshire.