Clergymen

Many clergymen have made major contributions to Jersey life, and some have been highly controversial. Below are the biographies of some of the most renowned clergymen who were either born in the island or spent the major part of their careers in Jersey.

• Jacques Amy, Dean of Guernsey sacked for treatment of alleged heretic
• Richard Averty, priest hanged for killing baby
• George Orange Balleine, appointed Dean against the States' wishes
• Bulkeley Bandinel, cleric and librarian
• David Bandinel, reforming Dean
• Jacques Bandinel, Rector of St Mary
• James Bandinel, scholar and cleric
• Charles Blampied, Methodist agitator
• Daniel Brevint, Presbyterian and Dean of Lincoln
• Marius d'Assigny, author, cleric and headmaster
• Edouard Dauvergne, historian and clergyman
• Matthieu de Gruchy, Roman Catholic priest shot as a French Royalist spy
• Samuel de la Place, Rector and early doctor
• Jean de Quetteville, Methodist pioneer
• Thomas de Soulemont, Dean and secretary to Henry VIII
• Daniel Dumaresq, cleric and adventurer
• Guillaume de Marchia, 13th century Rector of St Mary
• Edouard Dupre, Dean and Magot politician
• Michel Dupre
• Pierre Faleyse, 14th century Dean
• Philippe Filleul, controversial Rector of St Helier
• Corbet Hue, Dean
• Francois Jeune, headmaster, Dean of Jersey and Bishop of Peterborough
• Henry John Knapp, priest to the Royal Family
• Etienne La Cloche, controversial Rector of St Ouen
• Francois Le Breton, Dean
• Dean Thomas Le Breton
• William Corbet Le Breton, Dean and father of Lillie Langtry
• Clement Le Couteur, Dean for 42 years
• Philippe Le Couteur
• Francois Le Couteur, Rector involved in the events of the Battle of Jersey
• Francois Le Couteur, Rector, participant in The Battle of Jersey, cider expert and designer of Jersey's road system
• Clement Fall Le Fevre, Anglican and Unitarian minister, then pioneer in Wisconsin
• Rev Thomas Le Hardy, Rector who plotted against French invaders
• Matthew Le Marinel, Dean of Jersey during the Occupation
• Jean Le Vavasseur dit Durell, Dean of Windsor and translator of Prayer Book into French
• Richard Mabon, Dean
• Elie Messervy, controversially appointed Rector of St Peter
• Francois Payn, Dean for 46 years but rarely in Jersey
• Clement Perrot, Independent minister and journalist
• Francois Perrot, Independent minister
• Thomas Sivret, Rector and party politician
• Saumarez Smith, Archbishop in Australia
• Roger Walden, Rector of St Helier and subsequently Archbishop of Canterbury
• Sir William Weston, Prior of Knights Hospitallers
• John Cory and the Royal Crescent Methodist Church, part of an immigrant family from Cornwall, tailor turned butcher and Methodist pioneer Added 2016