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(Church Times) James Cocke, 89, Longest-serving vicar in C of E, celebrates 59 years in one parish
A Clergyman who was the new man in his parish when Harold Macmillan was the new man in No. 10 is looking forward to celebrating 60 years in post.
The Revd James Cocke, who, at 89, is still Vicar of All Saints’, Highfield, in Oxford, celebrated the 59th anniversary of his collation last week. He has ministered to the parish since 23 February 1957, which is thought to make him the longest-serving incumbent in the Church of England.
On Monday, he said that plans were already being prepared to mark the diamond jubilee of his ministry at All Saints’, next February.
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