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Father Michael Byrne, first priest of Christ the King

Date unknown (1930s–40s) · Christ the King parish, Kingstanding

A studio portrait of a priest in a dark suit and clerical collar, seated with one hand on a table; “Pray for our school” is written in white across the lower part of the print, and a label below reads “Father Michael Byrne R.I.P.” — Image reproduced with permission of Chris Hillcox, Voices of Kingstanding. · Select the picture to zoom and pan.

Father Byrne – first priest.

One of the photographs “from the church archive” published on Voices of Kingstanding’s Christ the King page in November 2012, alongside a short history of the parish written for its eightieth anniversary.

The parish history there records Fr Michael Byrne as parish priest from 1932 to 1941. Kathleen McCarty remembers: “Fr Byrne was a young man of 32 when he came to Kingstanding as the first parish priest … He was in Kingstanding when the air raids were on, he used to walk around the parish during the night to visit people … In 1941, he moved from the parish to go to serve as a chaplain in the army.”

About this place: Christ the King Church

In Voices: “Father Byrne gave it all away” (Kathleen McCarty)

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