Fr Craig Szmidt 
Parish Priest

 ​Ordained by Archbishop Bernard Longley in his home parish of Saint Wulstan on 2nd July 2011, Fr Craig spent his first five years as an assistant priest in two different parishes.  First in the parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Redditch and then at Saint John the Evangelist, Banbury. He also spent time as an Assistant Vocations Director for the Archdiocese.  
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In August 2016, Fr Craig arrived at Our Lady of Fatima and was Inducted as Parish Priest on 20th October 2016.   Since his arrival, the parish has embarked on some extensive refurbishment work in the church - including new central heating, lighting and sound system.  The most recent works have seen a complete refurbishment of our Parish Hall to make it a fitting place for the parish and wider community.  

Fr Craig has various other responsibilities with the Archdiocese, the most recent of these was as the diocesan  priest-representative for the National Eucharistic Congress and Pilgrimage : Adoremus   in  Liverpool  which took place in September 2018.  

Please pray for him, and for an increase in vocations to the priesthood in our Archdiocese.