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Fr Paul Lewis
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AFTER a short illness, Father Paul Lewis, much-loved Parish
Priest of Holy Cross in Cromer Street, King’s Cross, has
died in the Marie Curie Hospice. He was 68.
Fr Paul was ordained in 1964, initially serving at Holy Cross
Church, before taking parish work at the London School of Economics.
Throughout his life Fr Paul ministered many hospices and hospitals,
including Bartholemew’s, University College London (UCL)
and St Pancras hospitals.
His travels took him to hospitals around the world including one
in Barbados. Father Paul came back to the Holy Cross six years
ago after ten years as a Chaplain of the UCL’s National Hospital
for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queen’s Square.
He continued the Church’s policy of daily mass and follows
in a long line of priests who have kept the faith in the Anglo-Catholic
tradition of the Church since it was built in 1887.
His Funeral Eucharist was celebrated by the Bishop of Edmonton,
Revd Peter Wheatley.
The Committal, at St Marylebone Crematorium, was conducted by
Father Noel Walter, the Chaplain of Great Ormond Street Hospital
for Sick Children.
Parishioners remembered Father Paul as a man of many parts, with
a special enthusiasm for gardening and travel, and a sturdy champion
of nature conservation.
William Young, who lives in Alms House off Southampton Road, adapted
a poem written by the Victorian poet William Cory in memory of
Father Paul;
And now that you’re departed
My dear old priestly guest,
A handful of grey ashes,
Not long ago to rest.
Still will my Alms House Gardens
And my Barney-cat awake,
For death it taketh all away
But them they cannot take.
Last night (Wednesday) Mr Young echoed the thoughts of his fellow
parishioners: “He loved gardens and cats. He would always come
and see me. He will be very much missed."
Tom Foot
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