Nicholas Rigby

Nicholas Rigby (1800 – 7 September 1886), was an English Roman Catholic priest.

At the age of twelve he went to Ushaw College, where he was for a time professor of elocution.

Ordained priest in September, 1826, Rigby was sent to St. Mary's, Wycliffe, for six months, and was then given the united missions of Egton Bridge and Ugthorpe.

There he built a church (opened in 1855), started a new cemetery, and founded a middle-class college.

His obituary notice, in the Catholic Times of 17 September 1886, gives a sketch of his life.