{"id":355,"date":"2019-12-09T10:15:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T10:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/?page_id=355"},"modified":"2020-01-22T14:02:06","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T14:02:06","slug":"revd-sydney-john-elias-peach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/index.php\/building-history\/church-people\/revd-sydney-john-elias-peach\/","title":{"rendered":"Revd Sydney John Elias Peach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box  gradient-container-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"  style='background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;'><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \"><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1 fusion-builder-column-1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last gradient-column-1 1_1\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-widget-area fusion-widget-area-1 fusion-content-widget-area\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-widget-area-1 {padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.fusion-widget-area-1 .widget h4 {color:#333333;}.fusion-widget-area-1 .widget .heading h4 {color:#333333;}<\/style><div id=\"alg_back_button_wp_widget-2\" class=\"widget alg_back_button_wp_widget\"><a href=\"javascript:history.back()\" class=\"alg_back_button_simple \" style=\"\"><< Return to previous section<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-additional-widget-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box  gradient-container-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"  style='background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;'><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \"><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1 fusion-builder-column-2 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last gradient-column-2 1_1\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-text\"><p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-884\" src=\"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1050502.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1050502-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1050502-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1050502-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1050502-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1050502-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1050502-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1050502-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1050502-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1050502-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stjohnsburystedmunds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/P1050502.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Revd Sydney John Elias Peach<\/strong> (1911-94) had a varied career in the church before becoming Vicar of St John\u2019s in 1956.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Wales, he trained at St Boniface College, Warminster, being deaconed in 1937 and priested in 1938. After a brief curacy in Llandilo-Talybont he served as chaplain to the forces in the Middle East and South Africa, returning to England for short curacies in Surrey and Essex. From 1950-56 he served in Borneo \u2013 where his wife Kathleen was a school principal \u2013 as a missionary priest with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG). In 1951 he was appointed Vicar of Kuching Cathedral, but was brought back to England by his bishop for a year to oversee the fundraising for a new cathedral. He served for 12 years at St John\u2019s, from 1956-68, before becoming curate-in-charge of St Mary-at-Elms Ipswich, where he never really settled. He retired in 1975 and lived in Wells until his death in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>John Peach was noted for his piety and prayerfulness, but also his nervous disposition. At Easter he would enter fully into the passion of Christ, breaking down with the emotion of the experience. His background led him to want to see St John\u2019s become more missionary-focused. 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