Our Clergy

Canon Tom Treherne Moderator

Canon Tom was ordained to the priesthood in 1979. He joined our parish in October 2017, having most recently served in St Leonards, East Sussex.

Fr David Murphy

Fr David Murphy, born in 1970 is originally from Galway in Ireland. He was ordained in 1996, and has spent the last six years as a hospital chaplain, three and a half of them at Holy Cross Hospital in Haslemere. He moved to our parish in September 2022.

Deacon Jon Harman

Deacon Jon was ordained to the Diaconate in June 2018 by Bishop Richard Moth. He is married to Niki and has three grown-up children. Deacon Jon is a Foundation Governor of St Richard’s Primary school and works for the Diocese as Adviser for Formation and Spirituality, based in Crawley.

Also resident: Fr Peter Johnstone (retired)

Our Churches

St Richard's Church; brick-built church, 1950s, separate campanile.

St Richard's, Chichester

St Wilfrid & Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Selsey

Our Lady of the Assumption, Bosham

St Peter's, East Wittering

Also at St Richard's:

Syro-Malabar community

Congregation at the Syro-Malabar Mass in St Richard's. Men stand on the north side of the nave and women on the south.

Every month, usually at 3.30pm on the first Sunday of the month, St Richard’s hosts an Indian Family Prayer Meeting, including Mass in the Syro-Malabar rite, attended by members of our community from Kerala, India.

The Syro-Malabar Church is one of the Eastern churches communities in full communion with Rome, yet with striking differences in the style and content of their liturgy.

Contact Mathew via the Parish Office for information:

Parish Office

Polish community

Mass is offered in Polish in St Richard's every Sunday at 12pm, by Fr Tomasz Mężyk from the Polish Catholic Mission in England and Wales, who is based in Bognor Regis.

Zapraszamy serdecznie na Mszę w języku polskim w Chichester, w każdą niedzielę o godzinie 12.00 ks.

Visit Polish parish's website here:

Parafia Bognor Regis

Ordinariate Group

Priests and servers at the altar during an Ordinariate Mass. They face liturgical East.

Mass is celebrated according to the Rite of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham by Fr Simon Chinery, Ordinariate Priest, on Saturdays at 4.15pm.

The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham was erected on 15 January 2011. It enables groups of former Anglicans to become Catholics whilst retaining many of their liturgical, pastoral, and spiritual traditions.

Visit the group's website here:

Chichester Ordinariate