St Monica's Church - Newspaper Article
Publication: West Lancashire Evening Gazette
Date: Monday 02 April 2001
Title: Church mourns popular priest
A Parish Priest who was well known on the Fylde has died after a short illness.
Father John Gornall, who had served at various parishes during his life, died on March 29, aged 71.
A Requiem Mass will be held for him at St Peter’s Church, Lytham, on Thursday at 11.30 am.
Father Gornall was born in Preston and was ordained for the priesthood on July 17, 1955 in the town.
The first church he served at was in Carlisle and he also worked in a parish in Bolivia between 1963 and 1966 before returning to the UK and joining St Mary’s Church at Fleetwood.
He was there until 1968, before moving to Holy Family, Blackpool, until 1971. After a brief spell away, Father Gornall returned to Blackpool and served variously at Holy Family, St Joseph’s and St Monica’s until 1997.