Mourners from the Catholic community across Wiltshire attended the funeral mass for Father John Reville, who was the parish priest at Sacred Heart, Royal Wootton Bassett, for 11 years, following a lengthy teaching career in Swindon.
The service at Clifton Cathedral was taken by Bishop Declan Lang. Father John, 73, had fought a 10-year battle against cancer. Ordained in 1965, he had served in several parishes and was for some years as director of ministry to priests in the Clifton diocese Mourners from the Catholic community across Wiltshire attended the funeral mass for Father John Reville, who was the parish priest at Sacred Heart, Royal Wootton Bassett, for 11 years, following a lengthy teaching career in Swindon.
The service at Clifton Cathedral was taken by Bishop Declan Lang. Father John, 73, had fought a 10-year battle against cancer. Ordained in 1965, he had served in several parishes and was for some years as director of ministry to priests in the Clifton diocese.
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