Clergy

Fr Jim Clarke

Sacred Heart welcomed Fr Jim to our Parish and community on 18 July 2022.

Fr Jim took up a new role as the Parish Priest at nearby St Joseph's, Mossley at the same time as taking on pastoral responsibilty for Sacred Heart.  On 18 November 2024 it was announced that Sacred Heart had been transferred from the Diocese of Leeds to the Diocese of Salford, and Fr Jim was appointed as Parish Priest of Sacred Heart whilst also remaining the Parish Priest of St Joseph's Mossley.

Prior to moving here, Fr Jim was Parish Priest at St. Patrick’s Collyhurst and St Malachy's Collyhurst for 5 years, as well as 7 years with St Joseph's Mission to Deaf People (SJMDF).  You will often see him breaking into sign language.

Fr Jim is the middle child of five boys and was born and brought up in Rochdale, to Irish Catholic parents.  He was ordained to the priesthood in 1995, and has served at the following churches in the Diocese of Salford :-

St Winifred's Stockport - 2 years as curate
St Gregory's Farnworth - 6 years as Parish Priest
St Osmund's Breightmet - 2 years as Parish Priest
St Anne's Higher Openshaw - 12 years as Parish Priest

Fr Jim also supports The Good Life Orphanage in Kenya, a project that Fr Jim has been heavily involved in since the beginning.