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Catholic bishop
James Curry (born 1 June 1960) is an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church . He was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of Westminster by Pope Francis on 22 April 2024.[ 1]
James Curry was born in Stepney, London on 1 June 1960. He completed his studies for the priesthood at Allen Hall Seminary and obtained his Baccalaureate in Theology at the Catholic University of Louvain .
He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Westminster on 17 May 1986.
He held the following positions: Parish Vicar of Precious Blood in Edmonton (1986–1990); Parochial Vicar of St. Francis of Assisi of Notting Hill (1990–1994); Personal secretary to the Archbishop of Westminster, first to Cardinal Hume (1994–1999) and subsequently to Cardinal Murphy O'Connor (2000–2002); Parish Priest of Our Lady of Grace and St. Edward, Chiswick (2002–2008); Parish Priest of Our Lady of Victories in Kensington (since 2008); Episcopal Vicar of the Western Pastoral Area (2013–2016); since 2013, Chair of the Presbyteral Council; Chaplain of the Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea (2021–2022); Chaplain to the Lord Mayor of London (2020-21).
Prior of the Westminster Section of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre (KCHS)
Trustee of the Friends of the Holy Land and Pilgrimage People. [ 2]
He was consecrated bishop at Westminster Cathedral on 18 June 2024 by Cardinal Vincent Nichols with Archbishops Malcolm McMahon and George Stack as co-consecrators.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster
Churches Our Lady of Lourdes, Acton St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater St Casimir, Bethnal Green Benson Memorial Church St John the Evangelist, Brentford Brompton Oratory Holy Trinity, Brook Green St Mary, Cadogan Street Our Lady of Hal, Camden Town Our Lady of the Rosary and St Dominic, Camden Our Lady of Dolours, Chelsea Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea Our Lady of Grace and St Edward, Chiswick St Peter, Clerkenwell Parafia Ealing St Etheldreda, Ely Place Immaculate Conception, Farm Street Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Fulham St Thomas of Canterbury, Fulham St Andrew Bobola, Hammersmith St Augustine, Hammersmith St Theodore, Hampton St Francis de Sales, Hampton Hill and Upper Teddington Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury, Harrow Our Lady Queen of Apostles, Heston St Joseph, Highgate St Monica, Hoxton St John the Evangelist, Islington Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Simon Stock, Kensington Our Lady of Victories, Kensington Sacred Heart, Kilburn St Hugh of Lincoln, Letchworth St Anselm and St Cecilia, Lincoln's Inn Fields Corpus Christi, Maiden Lane St Mary Moorfields Mary Immaculate and St Peter, New Barnet Notre Dame de France St Francis of Assisi, Notting Hill St Monica, Palmer's Green St Alban and St Stephen, St Albans St Patrick, Soho Square St Anselm, Southall St James, Spanish Place St Ignatius, Stamford Hill St Mary and St Michael, Stepney Sacred Heart, Teddington English Martyrs, Tower Hill St James, Twickenham St Margaret of Scotland, Twickenham Holy Rood, Watford St Joseph, Wembley St Catherine, West Drayton St Mary Magdalen, Whetstone St Edmund of Canterbury, Whitton
Patronal Feasts of the Diocese
Schools Our Lady of Lourdes School, Arnos Grove Sacred Heart Primary School, Teddington All Saints Catholic College, North Kensington St Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School Bishop Challoner Catholic School Bishop Douglass Catholic School Cardinal Pole Catholic School Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Greenford The Douay Martyrs School St Augustine's Priory, Ealing St Benedict's School, Ealing Finchley Catholic High School Gumley House Convent School Gunnersbury Boys' School John F Kennedy Catholic School The John Henry Newman School La Sainte Union Catholic School London Oratory School Loreto College, St Albans Maria Fidelis Roman Catholic Convent School Mount House School Newman Catholic College Nicholas Breakspear School Our Lady's Catholic High School, Stamford Hill Sacred Heart High School, Hammersmith Sacred Heart Language College St Anthony's School, Hampstead St Aloysius' College, Highgate St Angela's Ursuline School St Anne's Catholic High School St Claudine's Catholic School for Girls St Dominic's Sixth Form College St George's Catholic School St Gregory's Catholic Science College St Ignatius College, Enfield St James' Catholic High School, Colindale St Joan of Arc Catholic School, Rickmansworth St Mary's Catholic School, Bishop's Stortford St Mark's Catholic School, Hounslow St Michael's Catholic Grammar School St Michael's Catholic High School St Columba's College, St Albans St Paul's College, Sunbury-on-Thames St Richard Reynolds Catholic College Salvatorian College St Thomas More Language College St Catherine's School, Twickenham St Edmund's College, Ware Westminster Cathedral Choir School St Thomas More Catholic School, Wood Green
