Was born in Perivale, Middlesex and grew up in Ealing in West London. He moved to Petts Wood when he married Liz in 1977 and then to Orpington in 1984, just before the birth of their first child.
Barry was brought up in the Church of England but was received into the Catholic Church five years after his marriage. He became steadily more involved in his new church before finally realising that he was being called to a new vocation and was ordained to the Permanent Diaconate on 10th July 2004.
Barry works full time as the Finance & Resources Director of a charitable Housing Association, which specialises in housing for disabled people. He and Liz have two sons, Michael and Daniel, and one daughter, Hannah.
In between his job, his family and his church work Barry finds time for interests