The Rev. Mr. Anthony T. Curran will be ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Atlanta Saturday, May 20, at the Cathedral of Christ the King.

Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan will ordain the Rev. Mr. Curran at 10:30 a.m. Effective June 3, the new priest will become assistant to Msgr. P.J. O’Connor at St. Thomas More parish in Decatur.

The Rev. Mr. Curran, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Curran, was born Jan. 24, 1942 at Shamokin, Pa., a city in the hard coal region of east-central Pennsylvania. He attended St. Joseph’s School in Shamokin and after two years at Shamokin Catholic High School, he entered The Pontifical College Josephilnum at Worthington, Ohio, as a junior in the high school department.

He finished high school at the Josephinum and entered the college department from which he graduated with a B.A. degree in 1963. At that time he entered the theology department of the school and will be graduated this month.

Last summer, the Rev. Mr. Curran served as a deacon at St. Anthony’s parish.

At the ordination, Jacob Bellmer and Raymond Horan, both who served in the archdiocese last summer, will be ordained to the diaconate. Both attend St.. Bernard’s Seminary in Rochester, N.Y.

Two others, David Patterson of St. Mary’s, Baltimore and Robert Kinast of the Pontifical College Josephinum in Ohio, will be ordained deacons in June.

All four of the deacons will be assigned to Atlanta this summer.