Incumbent Priest: Fr Michael Bradley

Church wardens: Nicholas Hurst & Fiona Macaulay

St Francis Barkingside is a parish under the episcopal care of the Bishop of Barking.

The present church of ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, Fencepiece Road, was opened in 1956. It is of brown brick and was designed in a traditional style by J. J. Crowe, having an aisled nave, baptistery, chancel, Lady chapel, vestries and west tower.