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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
Holy Name and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Bow
Our Lady and St Catherine of Siena, Bow
St John the Evangelist, Brentford
Brompton Oratory
Holy Trinity, Brook Green
St Richard of Chichester, Buntingford
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 Edward the Confessor, Golders Green
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
Guardian Angels, Mile End
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
Our Lady of Willesden
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