Christopher P. Landis

PHILADELPHIA PA – Christopher P. Landis, a 2003 graduate from the former St. Pius X High School in Lower Pottsgrove Township and a Phoenixville PA native, will be ordained Saturday (May 21, 2011) into the Roman Catholic priesthood by Cardinal Justin Rigali during ceremonies beginning at 9:45 a.m. in the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, 18th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Two other men, Kenneth C. Brabazon of Philadelphia and David M. Friel of Furlong PA also will be ordained.

Landis, 27, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond and Winifred Landis, attended the Phoenixville School District‘s East Pikeland Elementary School and Phoenixville Middle School before becoming a St. Pius student. From there he attended Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, from which he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 2007, his Master of Divinity degree in 2010, and a Master of Arts degree this year.

Landis has been serving as deacon at Saint Andrew Parish in Newtown PA.

Once ordained, the Rev. Landis will say his first Mass on Sunday (May 22) at 2:30 p.m. in Saint Basil the Great Church, Kimberton Road at Route 113, Kimberton PA.

At the end of May, all three newly ordained priests will be assigned to an Archdiocesan parish to serve as parochial vicars, priests appointed by the Cardinal to assist the pastor of a parish.

Photo from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary