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My first year in London is a series in which we dive into someone’s first year in the capital, featuring everybody from moneyed young professionals to overlooked migrant workers.
For this week's edition, we're speaking to Father Andrea Fulco, the priest of St Peter’s, Farringdon. Built from the collected funds of the Italian immigrant population back in 1863, Fulco became its priest in 2014. As a result, he’s become an integral part of a community which now includes both multi-generational “Britalians” as well as more recent immigrants — and what could be more London than that. We asked him about his feelings towards the city, the differences between being a priest here vs. in Rome, and his love for Sports Direct.
The Londoner: What year did you move to London?
Father Fulco: I moved in 2003 from Rome. My superiors at the Vatican sent me to work as a parish priest at St Peter’s because there was a lack of clergymen there. The previous priest, Father Roberto, had died and had been replaced by Father Camelo. My superiors thought I was the right person to work with him. I could [only] speak a little bit of English, but my knowledge of it was better than the other candidates.
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