Father Ernest
Bonvini was born in Lambeth and was educated at St. Patrick’s RC Primary
School and then at the Salesian College, Battersea. After National Service
in the Royal Army Service Corps he studied for two years at Campion House
Osterley (the former college for late vocations run by the Jesuits). This
was followed by four years at the Beda College in Rome. He was ordained to
the priesthood in 1971.
His first appointments as Assistant Priest were to St. John, Gravesend (1971-1979) and then to St. Elphege, Wallington (1979-1983), before coming as Assistant Priest to Holy Innocents where he served for three years (1983-1986). He left in 1986 to take up his first appointment as Parish Priest at St. Simon Stock, Walderslade. In 1993 he transferred to his present appointment as Parish Priest at St. Boniface, Tooting.
Fr Bonvini is a judge on the Diocesan Marriage Tribunal and sits on the Second
Instance Court.