About

I was born in Fall River on February 29, 1980 - Leap day!. I grew up as a parishioner of Sts. Peter and Paul parish and attended the parish school, later graduating from Diman Regional Vocation Technical High School in 1998 from the culinary arts program. I am a proud Bengal, and was inducted into the High School’s Hall of Fame in 2014.

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I attended the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio, graduating in 2003 with a bachelor degrees in Philosophy and Theology and Religious Education. After graduation from the university, I was assigned to the Pontifical North American College in Rome for seminary formation, attending Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and earned a Sacred Theological Baccalaureate. On July 7, 2007, I was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop George Coleman at St. Mary’s Cathedral, and was then assigned to return to Rome for continued studies where I earned a Sacred Theological Licentiate from the Gregorian University.

 

In 2008, I returned home, and was assigned to be the Parochial Vicar at St. Julie Billiart Parish and chaplain of Bishop Stang High School in North Dartmouth. In following years, I was assigned to St. Patrick’s Parish in Falmouth and was made the assistant vocation director for the Diocese of Fall River. In 2012, my new assignment was to be the parochial vicar at St. Mary’s Parish in Mansfield and in 2014, I was assigned to be the temporary parochial administrator of Our Lady of Fatima Parish in New Bedford.

 

In January of 2015, he was made the Parochial Administrator of St. Michael’s and St. Joseph’s parishes in the city of Fall River. In April 2016, he was installed as pastor of St. Michael's and St. Joseph's.