The Archdiocese of Cincinnati joyfully celebrated the ordination of seven new priests on Saturday May 18, 2024. The men were ordained to the priesthood for service to God and the Church. Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr celebrated the Mass.  The Mass was live streamed on the Archdiocese of Cincinnati YouTube channel.

Our Seven new Priest with their first Priest assignments are:

Reverend Brice Berger
Parochial Vicar Family of Parishes C3 which is St. Francis DeSales Lebanon, St. Philip Morrow
First Mass: Pentecost Sunday. May, 19 at St. Nicholas, Osgood; 128 Church St, Osgood, OH 4535

Reverend Adam Berning
Parochial Vicar Family of Parishes NW2 which is Holy Rosary St. Marys, Immaculate Conception Celina, Our Lady of Guadalupe Montezuma, St. Patrick Glynwood,  St. Teresa Rockford
First Mass: Saturday Vigil of Pentecost, May 18 at St. Michael Fort Loramie; 33 Elm St, Fort Loramie, OH 45845 at 7:30 p.m.
Pentecost Sunday, May 19 at Sacred Heart McCartyville; 9377 OH-119, Anna, OH 45302 at 10:00 a.m.

Reverend John Grusenmeyer
Parochial Vicar Family of Parishes NW3 which is St. Aloysius Carthagena, St. Bernard Burkettsville, St. Francis Cranberry Prairie, St. Henry St. Henry, St. Wendelin St. Wendelin
First Mass: Pentecost Sunday, May 19 at Sacred Heart New Carlisle; 209 W Lake Ave, New Carlisle, OH 45344 at 3:00 p.m.

Reverend Benjamin Mersch
Parochial Vicar Family of Parishes Family of Parishes C2 which is Holy Family Middletown, Holy Name Trenton, Our Lady of Sorrows Monroe
First Mass: Pentecost Sunday, May 19 at Our Lady of Good Hope Miamisburg; 6 S 3rd St, Miamisburg, OH 45342 at 11:00 a.m.

Reverend  Matthew Montag
Parochial Vicar of St Maximilian Kolbe Parish, Liberty Township
First Mass: Pentecost Sunday, May 19 at St. Columbkille Wilmington; 73 N Mulberry St, Wilmington, OH 45177 at 11:00 a.m.

Reverend Anthony Sanitato
Parochial Vicar Family of Parishes NE5 which is Ascension Kettering, St. Albert the Great Kettering, St. Charles Borromeo Kettering
First Mass: Vigil of Pentecost, Saturday, May 18 at St. Rose Riverside; 2501 Riverside Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45202 at 4:30 p.m.

Reverend Jeremy Stubbs
Parochial Vicar S8 which is Holy Cross Immaculata Cincinnati, Our Lord Christ the King  Cincinnati, St. Francis DeSales Cincinnati, St. Rose Cincinnati, St. Stephen Cincinnati.
First Mass: Vigil of Pentecost, Saturday, May at at St. Cecilia Oakley; 3105 Madison Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45209 at 4:30 p.m.

The seven new priests will contribute to the growing trend of men being ordained priests over the last decade. The seven men being ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, this year, is in line with the seven men ordained in 2023, 2021, 2016, 2009 and 2022. Since 2014, sixty men have been ordained the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

The seven new priests have served as transitional deacons for the last year. Their ministry has included baptizing, assisting at marriages, and preaching at Mass. The men graduated on May 12 of this year from Mount St. Mary’s Seminary and School of Theology, after at least seven years of formation for the priesthood.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati is the 51st largest Catholic diocese in the country, with around 435,000 Catholics, and has the fifth largest Catholic school system in terms of enrollment with nearly 40,000 students. The 19-county territory includes 206 canonical parishes organized into 57 Families of Parishes, and 109 Catholic primary and secondary schools.