Our Lady and St Joseph Parish
Aire Valley

Parish Priests

Rev. Edmund de Thury DD	1873 - 1878
Rev. Aloysius Puissant	1878 - 1881	Died at Ghent, 21 Dec 1910 He built Sacred Heart Church
Rev. Alfred Watson	1881 - 1889	Died at Ilkley, 10 Feb 1893, age 54
Rev. Thomas Parkin	1889 - 1896	Died 2 December 1917
Rev. Thomas Bradley	1896 - 1903	Died at Clifford, 1 July 1925
Rev. Honore Fove	1903 - 1910	Died 28 November 1939
Rev. Frances Creedon	1910 - 1915	Died 12 August 1961
Rev. Gustav Thonon	1915 - 1918	Died 24 January 1933
Rev. Michael O’Donnell	1918 - 1935	Died 25 February 1936
V. Rev. Canon John Hawkswell	1935 - 1950	Died at Clifford, 1 March 1965
V. Rev. Anthony Hinnighan	1950 - 1951	Died 6 August 1972
Rev. Michael O’Sullivan	1951 - 1965	Died 11 October 1996 (Transferred to Hallam Diocese)
Rev. Frederick J. Mawson	1965 - 1977	Died 19 February 1971
Rev. Denis Rafferty	1971 - 1972	Died 6 September 1994
In 1972, Cottingley became a separate parish
V. Rev. Mgr. Thomas Ronchetti	1972 - 1980	Died 11 October 1997
Rev. John A. Kelly	1980 - 1987	Died at Leeds, 13 March 2024
Rev. Ken Taylor	1987 - 1998	Died 21 January 2006
Rev. (later Canon) Joe Smith	1998 - 2006	Died at Lancaster, 25 January 2024

Rev. Sean Molloy	2006 - 2021
Canon James Callaghan	2021 -