Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster
John Francis Sherrington (born 5 January 1958) is an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Westminster. His appointment was announced on 30 June 2011.[1] [2] He had previously served as part of the clergy of the Diocese of Nottingham .
Biography [ edit ]
John Sherrington was born in Leicester in 1958 to Frank and Catherine Sherrington, and has one brother. He attended St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School and Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys , both in Leicester. After his secondary education he attended Queens' College, Cambridge obtaining his Masters in Mathematics . He later worked as a computer specialist for Arthur Anderson Management Consultants. He began his ecclesiastical studies at All Hallows College, Dublin , earning a Bachelor of Arts . He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Nottingham on 13 June 1987. He earned a licentiate in moral theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (1988–1990).[3]
Later he held the following pastoral assignments: Parochial Vicar at St Anne’s in Radcliffe on Trent (1987–1988), Professor of Moral Theology at All Hallows College (1990–98), Professor of Moral Theology and Director of Studies at the inter-diocesan seminary in Wonersh (1998–2004),[4] Parish Priest of Our Lady of Lourdes, Mickleover , Derbyshire (2004–09). From 2009-11 he was Parish Priest of the Church of the Good Shepherd , Arnold , Nottingham . At the same time he held the office of President of the Diocesan Commission for Marriage and Family Life and he has been a Consultor of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales on issues of morality.
On 30 June 2011, Sherrington was appointed an auxiliary bishop of Westminster and titular bishop of Hilta by Pope Benedict XVI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 14 September from Archbishop Vincent Nichols . From 2011 to 2016 he had oversight of the deaneries of Hertfordshire, and since then has had oversight of the deaneries of North London.
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster
Churches
Westminster Cathedral - Metropolitan Cathedral of the Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ
St Mary of the Angels Church, Bayswater
St Casimir's Lithuanian Church
Brompton Oratory
Benson Memorial Church
Our Lady of Dolours Church, Chelsea
Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea
St Mary's Church, Cadogan Street
Church of Our Lady of Grace & St Edward, Chiswick
Church of Our Lady of Hal, Camden
St Dominic's Priory Church, Camden
Corpus Christi Church, Maiden Lane
St Etheldreda's Church, Ely Place
English Martyrs Church, Tower Hill
St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Fulham
St Augustine's Church, Hammersmith
Holy Trinity Church, Brook Green
St Andrew Bobola Church, Hammersmith
St Francis de Sales, Hampton Hill and Upper Teddington
St Theodore's Church, Hampton
Our Lady Queen of Apostles Church, Heston
St Joseph's Church, Highgate
St Peter's Italian Church, Clerkenwell
Our Lady of Victories Church, Kensington
Church of St Hugh of Lincoln, Letchworth
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Fulham
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street
Mary Immaculate and St Peter Church, New Barnet
Notre Dame de France Church
Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Harrow
St Monica's Church, Palmers Green
Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Simon Stock, Kensington
Sacred Heart Church, Kilburn
St James's Church, Spanish Place
St Mary Moorfields
St Monica's Church, Hoxton
St Alban and St Stephen's Church, St Albans
St Patrick's Church, Soho Square
St Anselm's Church, Southall
St Ignatius Church, Stamford Hill
Sacred Heart Church, Teddington
Church of St Mary and St Michael, Tower Hamlets
Church of St James, Twickenham
Church of St Margaret of Scotland, Twickenham
Holy Rood Church, Watford
St Mary Magdalen Church, Whetstone
St Edmund of Canterbury Church, Whitton
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 Collegiate 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
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