Father Michael Holman SJ

Father Michael Holman SJ

Foundation Director

Fr Michael Holman is a Jesuit priest. He was born and grew up in south London and attended Wimbledon College. He joined the Society of Jesus a year after leaving school. While training for the priesthood, he studied philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London, then History at Campion Hall in Oxford and finally Theology in Boston before being ordained priest at the Sacred Heart Church in Wimbledon in 1988. Most of his time as a priest has been spent working in Catholic education. After ordination, he studied for a master’s degree in educational administration at the Jesuit university in New York, Fordham. There followed three years as teacher and chaplain back at Wimbledon College and then two years as deputy head teacher at Mount St Mary’s College near Sheffield. He was Head Teacher of Wimbledon College from 1995 until 2004 during which the school grew in size to some 1450 students and further developed the sixth form consortium with the Ursuline High School. From 2005 until 2011, Fr Michael was provincial superior of the Jesuits in Britain and then, from 2012 to 2017, principal of Heythrop College. Since 2018, he has been a part time member of the clergy team at the Jesuit parish in central London, Farm Street, and also, since 2020, superior of the Jesuits in London. He is delighted to be contributing to the future of Catholic education in a part of London where he has lived and work for much of his life.