Society for the Maintenance of the Faith

The Society for the Maintenance of the Faith is an Anglo-Catholic organization in the Church of England founded in 1873. As of 2022, it holds 94 advowsons or rights of patronage for church appointments.

Presidents
  1. Lord Eliot (1873-1878)
  2. Octavius Leefe (1878-1881, 1889-1901)
  3. Lord Edward Spencer-Churchill (1881-1889, 1901-11)
  4. The Duke of Newcastle (1911-1928)
  5. Lord Mamhead (1928-1945)
  6. Sir Henry Slesser (1946-1948)
  7. Sir John Best-Shaw (1949-1967)
  8. Dr. Arthur Peck (1967-1974)
  9. Dr. Paul Kent (1974-1999)
  10. Dr. Brian Hanson CBE (1999-2018)
  11. Dr. Colin Podmore MBE (2019—)
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