Fr Christopher Basden, born in Cairo, Egypt, was educated at the Salesian College in Beirut and Georgetown University, Washington D.C. He prepared for the priesthood at St John's Seminary, Wonersh and was ordained to the priesthood at Sacred Heart, Wimbledon on December 15 1979 by the Most Reverend William Barden, O.P., Archbishop of Isfahan of The Latins. Fr Basden served in Ashford, Welling, and Maidstone, all in Kent, and was in the USA from 1993 to 1994. He was appointed to St Bede's in September 1994, succeeding Fr William Dinan.

Fr Andrew Southwell, born in Edinburgh Scotland, was educated at Downside Abbey, Louvain, in Belgium, and the Angelicum in Rome. He was professed a Benedictine monk at Farnborough Abbey, and was ordained a priest there in 1990. He was one of the founders of the traditional priory at Alton, and came to St Bede's in March 1997. Succeeding Fr Hugh Simon-Thwaites, S.J. He is the chaplain to the Latin Mass community at St Bede's, and in the archdiocese of Southwark. He is also the chaplain to the Saint Catherine's Trust, which run monthly family days at St Edmund's Ware, a family retreat every Passion Week, and an annual Summer School.

Visiting priests

St Bede's parish has developed a strong tradition of welcoming priests and has a link with the missionary centre for formation in Warsaw, which has sent thirteen priests since 1995 to St Bede's to learn English and to prepare for the missions. Other links have been with the University of The Holy Cross in Rome, the FSSP, and the Institute of Christ the King.

Fr Christopher Ehidiamhen, from Uromi in Nigeria, born Christmas Day 1962 was ordained in 28.6.1997---For 10 years he was Spiritual Director and lecturer at the huge Seminary(almost 500 students) in Ibadan. Fr Christopher is from the "Esan" speakers in the south western part of the country. He studied in Nigeria and at Creighton Jesuit University in Nebraska. He is on a Sabbatical here in England and is helping out at St Bede's and also (in Summer)at St Joseph's Shooters Hill near Woolwich where for many years he has done the Summer Supply.

Monsignor Leo Joseph White, Prefect Apostolic
Born in Malta on St Joseph's day 1929, Monsignor Leo was educated at St Joseph's Beulah Hill and in the Capuchin houses of formation. He served as a missionary in Columbia in the 1960's and in Kenya in the 1970's to the 1990's. He built up the prefecture of Garissa on the Sudanese border, and was a member of the Kenyan Bishops' Conference. After spending some years in Brooklyn, and at St George's Cathedral, Southwark, he was at St Bede's parish from 1997 until 2001, when he retired. Since that time he has maintained close links with St Bede's.

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