Meet the Team

Fr Michael is the Catholic Chaplain at the University of Lancaster and Episcopal Vicar for Education and Formation in the Diocese of Lancaster. He is the parish priest of St. Mary’s Hornby and St. Joseph’s Kirkby Lonsdale.  

After completing a history degree at the University of Nottingham he taught in Dover prior to studying for the priesthood at the Venerable English College in Rome, where he specialised in Dogmatic Theology.

Fr Michael been a priest for many years and served in parishes across the Diocese of Lancaster as well as in the field of education.

Ben O’Flynn is the Assistant Chaplain. He graduated from Lancaster University with a BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science in 2021.

He has worked in chaplaincy since graduating, both at Our Lady’s Catholic College in Lancaster since 2021 and at Lancaster University since 2022.