James Murphy, a retired priest of the Diocese of Sacramento, California, holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley. He has served as editor of the diocesan newspaper Catholic Herald, diocesan director of communications, pastor of three bilingual parishes, rector of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, and vicar general of the diocese. He is the author of Saints and Sinners in the Cristero War: Stories of Martyrdom from Mexico.
