The Mediterranean Mission to Seafarers was founded in Gibraltar and has a long and noble history. For the story up to 1979, please click here.
Some other documents are shown on this page:
- a more recent account given in the Cathedral's 2005 Commemorative Magazine
- a short piece from the Precentor and Port Chaplain, 1999-2003
- two historic finance documents

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This is a list of past port chaplains. Please let us know of any errors or omissions.
Mr Robson 1883 - 1884
Mr Sylvester 1884 - 1885
Mr J Glover 1885 - 1886
Mr F G Copeland 1886 - 1892
Revd A Evans 1892 - 1893
Revd Richard Shiers-Mason 1893 - 1930
Revd James Johnston 1931 - 1945
Mr R Grant Macmillan 1945 - 1949
Mr Richard Dines 1949 - 1958
Mr James Epsworth 1961 - 1969
Revd Edward Holland 1972 - 1974
Revd David Houghton, 1974 – 1976
Revd Anthony Driver 1976 - 1978
Revd David Boase 1978 - 1980
Revd Brian McMurray 1981 - 1982

Revd Michael Coombe 1991
Revd Fredrick Harwood 1992-1995
Revd Michael Coombe 1995 - 2003
Revd Bill Watson 2003 - 2010
Revd Andrew Jacobson 2011 - 2014
Revd Peter Ford 2016 - 2017
Revd Ron Curtis 2019 - 2022

Here is the Mission's balance sheet for 1911; interesting to see income from grants, personal donations, and fund-raising events:

And the hand-written accounts for 1912