The Archbishop of Birmingham Bernard Longley of Birmingham will preside and preach at the St James’s Spanish Place patronal festival at noon on Saturday 25 July.
The first church opened across the road in 1793 but this year, 2015, is 125th anniversary of the present building. To mark the occasion the Archbishop of Santiago (Spain) is to preside at the 125th anniversary Mass on Tuesday 29 September at 7pm.