PASTOR
Reverend Monsignor Salvatore A. Criscuolo
Ordained in 1978, Monsignor Criscuolo has served as associate pastor of Our Lady Queen of Peace, of Assumption Parish, and of Our Lady of Sorrows, Takoma Park. He became police and fire chaplain in 1989 and has continued in that role since then. He was named a prelate of honor by Pope John Paul II, with the title of monsignor, in 2000. In 2001, he began residing at St. Patrick's, and in 2004 was named pastor by Theodore Cardinal McCarrick. (To read Monsignor Criscuolo's installation homily, visit www.saintpatrickdc.org/criscuoloinstallation.shtml).
RESIDENTS
Most Reverend Leonard Olivier, S.V.D.
Ordained in 1951, Bishop Olivier served the Divine Word Missionaries in various leadership positions for the next thirty-one years. In 1982, he was named pastor of St. Anthony's in Lafeyette, Louisiana, and became Vicar for Black Catholics in the Diocese of Lafeyette in 1986. Pope John Paul II named him Auxiliary Bishop of Washington in 1988. Bishop Olivier retired in 2004 and now resides at St. Patrick's. (For a more complete biography of the bishop, visit www.adw.org/about/lead_bio_olivier.asp).
Reverend Monsignor Robert Panke
Ordained in 1996, Monsignor Panke's first assignment was as associate pastor at St. Peter's in Olney. In 2000, he became chaplain of the Newman Center at George Washington University for two years, until becoming director of priest vocations, his current position. He has been an Archdiocesan Consultor, a member of the Presbyteral Council, Priest Retirement Board and Archdiocesan Vocations Team and a chaplain to the George Washington University Knights of Columbus. He has resided at St. Patrick's since 2002, and was named a prelate of honor by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006.
Reverend Brian Sanderfoot
Father Sanderfoot is originally from Wisconsin and spent time as a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill prior to entering the seminary. He began his ministry at St. Elizabeth's in Rockville, Maryland, in 2006, his first full-time assignment since being ordained. We welcome him as he begins his new assignment at the Tribunal for the Archdiocese of Washington.
Listing of Previous St. Patrick's Pastors
Listing of Previous Priests Who Have Served St. Patrick's
