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The Ordinariate in Colchester

St John Payne Church
Blackthorne Aveune
Greenstead, Colchester
CO4 3QD
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Welcome to our mission in

Colchester

The Colchester Ordinariate Group worships at the Parish Church of St John Payne, Greenstead. Mass is offered according to Divine Worship every Sunday at 4pm, and on Wednesdays at 7pm. Visitors, families, and enquirers are very welcome.

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Fr Alexander Garner

Group Pastor
alex.garner@ordinariate.org.uk
Retired

Parish Priest
Retired

Fr Alexander Garner

alex.garner@ordinariate.org.uk
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March 26, 2026
“A Precious Gift”: Rome Affirms the Ordinariate’s Mission
During the Plenary Meeting of the Bishop Ordinaries of the Personal Ordinariates established under the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus (2009), held at the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1 to 3 March 2026, His Eminence Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández...
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March 18, 2026
Bishop David Waller
Pastoral Letter | March 2026
Dear Friends, One of the distinguishing features of the Ordinariates’ calendar is the keeping of the season of “Pre-Lent”: the weeks preceding Ash Wednesday, including the Sundays known as Septuagesima; Sexagesima...
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