Welcome to The Parish of Saint John Fisher.

Saint John Fisher was born in Beverly, Yorkshire and studied at the University of Cambridge.  In 1504 he was appointed Bishop of Rochester at the request of Henry VII and was a rigorous defender of the Catholic faith. 

This defence of Catholic teaching brought him into direct conflict with Henry VIII over his divorce from Catherine of Aragon.  After several imprisonments and at least one assumed attempt on his life, John Fisher refused to take an oath recognising the certain rights of the King which ultimately led to his execution.  He was beheaded on the Vigil of St. John The Baptist, 22nd June 1535.

John Fisher was beatified in 1886 and cannonised in 1935.