Fr. Wilfrid (Wilf) Elkin (R.I.P.).

Fr. Wilfrid (Wilf) Elkin (R.I.P.).

It is with sadness that we inform you of the death of

Fr. Wilfrid (Wilf) Elkin, who died on Saturday, 13 March 2021.

Further details will be published when they are available.

Please Pray for the repose of his Soul.

May He Rest In Peace.

The Web-Site of The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle

can be found HERE

 Fr. Wilfrid (Wilf) Elkin (R.I.P.).

Zephyrinus had the privilege and pleasure of meeting Fr. Elkin at The Latin Mass Society's Training Week for Priests and Servers at Ushaw College, Durham, in 2011.

Fr. Elkin told Zephyrinus how, in the Early-1960s, ON A DAILY BASIS, there were FOUR HUNDRED Priests and Seminarians attending The Divine Daily Mass in Saint Cuthbert's Chapel, Ushaw College.

Mass in Saint Cuthbert's Chapel,
Ushaw College,
Durham, England,
during a Latin Mass Society Training Week 
for Priests and Servers, April 2011.

Fr. Elkin was one of the Priests on the Right-Hand Side in the Stalls.

Photo: Latin Mass Society 
http://www.lms.org.uk/

When Fr. Elkin told the above to Zephyrinus in 2011, there were only FOUR Priests and Seminarians at Ushaw College. They would attend the Modern Novus Ordo Mass in one of the Offices of the College, because they thought “the Saint Cuthbert's Chapel was too large”.

Such is the success of The Modern Novus Ordo Mass and the outstanding success of “. . . the breath of fresh air through the windows of The Catholic Church”, as regaled in Vatican II.

Fr. Elkin was, for many years, the Author of a well-regarded Catholic Blog, entitled “Let The Welkin Ring”. His Blog can be found HERE

Fr. Elkin, whose nickname was “The Welkin” (there is a long and convoluted explanation of this epithet), was Ordained at Ushaw College, Durham, in 1959.

He Served in Pennywell, Sunderland; North Kenton, Newcastle; Consett; Ryhope, Sunderland; then, finally, in Barnard Castle.

Requiescat In Pace.

May He Rest In Peace.