New Vicar - Welcome
The Wardens and Nominations Committee announced on 11 May 2025 that our new Vicar will be Rev’d Malinda de Mel, known as Rev’d or Fr Mal.
He was in our view the very best candidate for St. Oswald’s amongst 10 or 12 candidates we considered.
Fr Mal comes from the parish of Holy Emmanuel Moratuwa in Sri Lanka.
He is an Australian citizen and lived in Australia for some years before returning to Sri Lanka. He has some friends and family living here.
In watching his services online, they are very similar to our services in the traditional Anglican form and liturgy, with hymns and psalms sung with organ.
He has a strong interest in pastoral care, considers the congregation as his family.
He has a wife and two adult children, one of whom, a son, is getting married in Sri Lanka in August.
He will arrive in early October after our Centenary celebrations, and his Commissioning as our new Vicar will occur at a date to be agreed.
He expects to live in the Vicarage, which is currently being furnished to provide him with a very comfortable home.
