Of your charity, please pray for the Repose of the Soul of Father Peter Leo Blundell, Retired Priest of the Archdiocese, who died at the age of 81 on Saturday 24 August 2024, fortified by the rites of Holy Mother Church.

Fr Peter was ordained on 30 March 1978, and through his ministry served in Handsworth, Stourbridge, Kidsgrove, Worcester, Abbey Hulton and Warley. He was also chaplain at Newman University, Birmingham, from 2012 to 2015. On his retirement in 2016 he moved to St Joseph’s Home, where he continued to serve as Chaplain.

We pray for Fr Peter’s family, his friends, his former parishioners and all who mourn him. 

May he Rest in Peace.

Funeral Arrangements

Fr Peter’s body will be received into St Chad’s Cathedral, St Chad’s Queensway, Birmingham, at 6pm on Monday 30 September, followed by the celebration of Mass.

His Requiem Mass will take place at 12noon on Tuesday 1 October. Archbishop Bernard Longley will preside.

Cremation will take place at Lodge Hill Crematorium, Weoley Park Road, Birmingham, following the funeral Mass.