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Monsignor Anthony Michael Barratt was born in West Wickham, England on 28th July 1959. He was educated at the Good Shepherd Primary School and then at Langley Park School. He then obtained a BA (Hons) in Geography from the University of Hull (England), graduating in 1980.
He studied for the priesthood at the Venerable English College in Rome, Italy from 1980 to 1986. He was ordained as a priest of the Archdiocese of Southwark in England in 1985 and in May 2011 was incardinated into the Diocese of Albany, New York. He holds a License in Sacred Theology “summa cum laude” from the Gregorian University in Rome, Italy, a Ph.D. from King’s College, London. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Higher Education (UK) and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is a Knight Commander of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. He is also a Magistral Chaplain of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, as well as having been awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit of that Order for his many years of service with the British Association of the Order in the annual pilgrimage to Lourdes. In October 2024 he was appointed by Pope Francis as a member of the Papal Household and as a Chaplain to His Holiness (Monsignor).
After his ordination in 1985, he served in a number of roles and places as a priest of the Archdiocese of Southwark (England). First, as associate pastor of Our Lady of the Annunciation parish in Addiscombe, England (1986-1989), then as a chaplain and subsequently acting Rector of St. George’s Cathedral (1989-1996), London, England and finally as Vice-Rector and Professor of Theology at St. John’s Inter-diocesan Seminary, Guildford, England (1996-2004). He was the Director of Liturgical Formation for the inter-diocesan diaconate program from 1990-2004 and a Judge of the Archdiocesan Second Instance Tribunal from 1998 to 2010. Additionally, he served as the Roman Catholic delegate of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales to the Church of England General Synod from 1998 to 2004.
He has been working in the Diocese of Albany, New York since 2004 and, as noted, was incardinated into the Diocese in 2011. In 2004 he was appointed pastor of Annunciation Church, Ilion (and from 2008 also as pastor of Our Lady, Queen of Apostles church in Frankfort) and in 2006 he was appointed Dean (Vicar Forane) of Herkimer County. He has held these posts until November 2012 when he was appointed as pastor of St. Ambrose Parish and School in Latham. In October 2016 he was appointed as the Director of Prayer and Worship for the Diocese of Albany. In March 2017, he was assigned to be pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in Hudson and Germantown. In July 2018 Bishop Scharfenberger appointed him as Episcopal Vicar for the Hudson Valley. As Episcopal Vicar, he is also the canonical pastor of Our Lady of Hope Parish in Copake, NY.
He is an adjunct professor of theology at St. Bernard’s Postgraduate School of Theology in Rochester/Albany and adjunct professor at Siena College, N.Y. He also holds a number of Diocesan positions in Albany including: the Diaconate Formation Board, Associate Judge for the Albany Diocesan Marriage Tribunal, the Diocesan Architecture and Buildings Commission, the Presbyteral Council of the Diocese, the College of Consultors for the Diocese. He is additionally the Diocesan Exorcist, and the Diocesan Censor Librorum. He has published a number of works on spirituality, sacramental theology, liturgy, Christian anthropology, mission and evangelization, and educational methods and techniques.