Vicars of the Parish

So far there have been ten vicars or Curates in Charge of St John's, as well as assistant curates.

1881-1885 Rev. J.D. Cannon Curate in Charge
1887-1906 Rev. Robert O. Greep Curate in Charge & Vicar
1907-1911 Rev. Alfred E. Drew Vicar
1911-1918 Rev. George Z. Edwards Vicar: Rev. J Herschell-Hall Curate 1917-1918
1919-1937 Rev. William Webster Vicar: Rev. Gaskell Exton Hon. Curate 1924-1927; Rev. William Watt Curate 1936-1937
1937-1966 Rev. Canon Anthony Dixon Vicar: Rev. Blair Orr Curate 1964-1966
1966-1982 Rev. John E. Morris Vicar: Rev. Kenneth Still Curate 1967-1968; Rev. Paul Messenger Curate 1969-1971; Rev. Stuart Baxter Curate 1973-1976; Rev. Kelvin Powell Curate 1977-1979; Rev. Philip Roberts Curate 1979-1980; Rev. Ian Blyde Curate 1980-83
1983-1989 Rev. Canon John M. Goodchild Vicar: Rev. Clive Kirke Curate 1983-1986; Rev. Janet Eastwood Curate 1986-1990
1990-1998 Rev. Anthony Renshaw Vicar: Rev. Ursula Shone Assistant 1990-1996
1999-2007 Rev. Alan Overend Vicar: Rev. Janet Fletcher Curate 2000-2004
2007-Present Rev. Graham Birch Vicar

Although from Rev. Alfred Drew onwards the incumbent was accepted as the vicar and was so called he was in fact officially a "perpetual curate" until the Rev. John Morris was invited to be the Vicar by the Rev. Hugh Wilkinson, the then archdeacon of Liverpool. Rev. Greep was accepted as vicar when Ainsdale became a parish in 1906 but, sadly, was never well enough to take services in this role.