Fr Joseph Donkor
Fr Joseph is a priest of the Diocese of Goaso. He
became aware of his vocation at an early age while he was still at Junior High
school in his hometown of Techimantia, Ghana. He was ordained a deacon and was placed in the Mary, Seat of Wisdom Chaplaincy of the distinguished University of Cape Coast and later ordained to the priesthood in 2004.Following his experience of various ministries within the Diocese, he was offered generous support to study the discipline of education at St Mary’s University, Twickenham. Following his time as priest in residence at Sacred Heart Wimbledon, he joined St Georges Cathedral as Sub Dean in October 2023.
Rev Deacon Martin Smith
I was born in 1968 and grew up in the Blackheath / Kidbrooke area of South-East London. Denise and I were married in St William of York, Forest Hill in 1992 and moved to Walderslade to start our life together. We have lived in the parish since then. We have 2 sons, Chris and Joe. Chris is currently working as a Physics Technician in St Simon Stock School in Maidstone, and Joe is studying Maths and Physics at the University of Royal Holloway in Egham, Surrey.
I have been working for the Environment Agency since the beginning of 2009, as a site regulator, working mostly with paper mills and chemical manufacturing sites. Before this, I worked for 22 years making colour pigments for printing inks and paints, (where I met Denise).
Over the years I have been involved with lots of activities in the parish, including running the Confirmation program. In 2016, I was accepted on the Formation program for the Permanent Diaconate. I was ordained, along with three others, on 6th July 2019 at St George’s Cathedral by Archbishop Peter Smith. I have the honour of being the last Permanent Deacon ordained by Archbishop Peter.