parish clergy

OUR Parish priest

Rev. Fr Craig Szmidt BA STB
​Parish Priest
Fr Craig arrived as parish priest of St Christopher and St Thomas of Canterbury in August 2019.  He was ordained to the Sacred Priesthood by Archbishop Bernard Longley in his home parish of St Wulstan on 2nd July 2011.  

He has been an assistant priest in the Parishes of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Redditch and St John the Evangelist, Banbury.  In 2016 he was appointed as Parish Priest of Our Lady of Fatima in Quinton where he remained until moving to St Christopher, Codsall and St Thomas of Canterbury, Tettenhall in August 2019. 

In addition to his Parish responsibilities, Fr Craig is also the Diocesan Walsingham Pilgrimage Director.  He is also involved in the preparations for the forthcoming Eucharistic Congress which is taking place in Budapest in 2020.

Please keep him in your prayers.

Parish deacon

Reverend Stephen Walters was ordained to the Permanent Diaconate on 20th July 2014 at St Chad's Cathedral in Birmingham.

Parish sisters

Resident in Tettenhall, the Sisters of St Joseph of Tarbes assist with pastoral care within our two parishes.