Fr Christopher has been the Vicar and Parish Priest of St Barnabas Jericho and St Thomas the Martyr since February 2019. A native of Northern Ireland, he previously worked in Chaplaincy and taught Theology in Cambridge and was also a Vicar in Hoxton, east London.

Sue is the Permanent Deacon of St Barnabas, having been ordained in the summer of 2018. Sue is a leading academic in the Psalms and recently retired as Professor of the Hebrew Bible in the University of Oxford. She is currently Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford and Canon Theologian of Exeter Cathedral.

Fr Matthew was ordained in 2021 and is currently self supporting curate in the parish. He lectures in music in the University of Oxford and is Assistant Chaplain at Worcester College. He is also National Liturgical Adviser of the Church of England.

Jenny has been a Licensed Lay Minister in St Barnabas since 2012. She is also Head Server. Jenny’s ministry in the parish focuses on pastoral care, preaching, working in the sacristy and leading school collective worship.

Maggie has been an LLM in the parish for over 20 years. Maggie’s ministry is focussed on pastoral care, oversight of the readers’ and intercessors’ rota and is our liaison with the Oxford Winter Night Shelter and Churches together in Central Oxford.

Phil is the Director of Music at St Barnabas. He directs the Schola Cantorum and trains the choristers. He has oversight of all the parish music. He is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the School of Arts and Creative Technologies at the University of York. His research focuses on the diaspora of church music through the British Missionary Movement of the 19th century, focusing specifically on Southeast Africa. He also enjoys playing cricket.

Paul has been Churchwarden at St Barnabas since 2020. He is Head of History at Oxford High School and enjoys teaching about Tudor England. In his spare time he enjoys running and cookery.

Claire has been Churchwarden several times, but most recently since 2019. Before retirement, Claire was a Dental Hygienist. Claire goes to the gym most mornings at 6am!

Sarah is an Honorary Assistant Priest during the summer months each year. Sarah and her husband Chip have had a long association with the parish, having lived in Jericho when Sarah was a Lecturer and Fellow in Oriel College in the 1990s. Having held Professorships in both Cambridge and Harvard, Sarah has now retired to Washington DC but comes back to Oxford for the summer vacation each year.

Fr Robin is Principal of St Stephen’s House in Oxford and is an Honorary Assistant Priest of St Barnabas Jericho.

David assists the Director of Music in the parish. He combines this with being Director of Music at St John’s College.

Saralynn Culpepper is the Montague Noel Organ Scholar and she plays regularly for Mass at St Barnabas.