Rectors

Christopher R Gower was the Rector of St Marylebone from 1997 – 2010. Christopher Gower was born in 1945, and worked as a civil servant and police officer before his Ordination in 1973. He held a variety of appointments around the capital, before moving to St. Marylebone in 1997; he was made a prebendary of St. Paul’s Cathedral in 2007. For much of his time after Ordination, Gower continued in secular employment, working in education, leisure and community services in local government.

He wrote a number of books, influenced by his experiences at St. Marylebone, including “Speaking of healing”, a guide for those interested in and preaching about the nature of health and human nature. During Gower’s time as rector a moribund Sunday school became a flourishing Young Church with over 150 children on its books. See more about our Young Church here.