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Who’s your new pastor?

Catholic Herald Staff Report

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Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde announced clergy assignments
last weekend. See the full list on page 2.

Father Ronald J. Gripshover Jr.

Father Ronald J. Gripshover Jr. will become parochial
administrator of St. Lawrence Church in Alexandria.

He was born in Lansing, Mich., March 16, 1966. He is the
eldest of seven children.

Father Gripshover graduated from King George High School in
1984. He graduated from Mary Washington College with a
bachelor’s in physics in 1988.

He entered Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., in
1991. He was ordained to the diaconate May 27, 1995, and was
assigned as a deacon to St. Mary Church in Alexandria. He was
ordained to the priesthood May 18, 1996, by Arlington Bishop
John R. Keating. His first assignment was as parochial vicar
at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Lake Ridge (1996-99).

Father Gripshover served as parochial vicar of St. Bernadette
Church in Springfield (1999-2000); the Cathedral of St.
Thomas More in Arlington (2000-02); St. Louis Church in
Alexandria (2002-04); St. John the Beloved Church in McLean
(2004-08); St. Leo the Great Church in Fairfax from
(2008-09); St. Patrick Church in Fredericksburg (2009-2012);
and Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Arlington (2012-15).

Father Edward C. Hathaway

Father Edward C. Hathaway will become pastor of St. Mary
Church in Alexandria.

He was born Jan. 5, 1961, to Charles and Marie Hathaway in
Oakland, Calif. One of seven children, he attended Oak View
Elementary School and James W. Robinson High School in
Fairfax. He graduated from the University of Virginia in
Charlottesville in 1983 and studied at Cambridge University
in England, 1983-84.

He worked as a technical recruiter for Essex Human Resources
and Metier International, and as a mortgage bank recruiter
with Hunter Search before entering St. Charles Borromeo
Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa.

He was ordained May 18, 1991, by Arlington Bishop John R.
Keating. His first assignment was as parochial vicar of St.
Michael Church in Annandale (1991-95).

Father Hathaway served as parochial vicar of St. Andrew the
Apostle Church in Clifton (1995-99) and the Cathedral of St.
Thomas More in Arlington (1999-00). He was pastor of St. John
the Beloved Church in McLean (2000-05); St. John the Baptist
Church in Front Royal (2005-07); and St. Veronica Church in
Chantilly (2007-2015).

Father John D. Kelly

Father John D. Kelly will become pastor of Blessed Sacrament
Church in Alexandria.

He was born in Washington, Pa., July 13, 1958, one of three
children of John and Josephine Kelly. He graduated from
Hinton High School in Hinton, W.Va., in 1976. After one year
studying at Concord State College in Athens, W.Va., he
entered the Slavic Studies Department at the University of
California in California, Pa.

Accepted as a seminarian for the Diocese of Greensburg in
1979, he spent a year at St. Mark’s Seminary in Erie, Pa.,
before transferring to the Seminary of St. Pius in Erlanger,
Ky., where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1982. After
joining the Arlington Diocese in 1982, he went to Mount St.
Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., where he earned a
master’s degree in theology in 1985.

He was ordained May 10, 1986, by Bishop John R. Keating. His
first assignment was as parochial vicar of St. Agnes Church
in Arlington (1986-90). He served as parochial vicar of Queen
of Apostles Church in Alexandria (1990-92); St. James Church
in Falls Church (1992-95); and St. Luke Church in McLean
(1996-98). He served for a brief time as administrator of
Blessed Sacrament Church in Alexandria before serving as
administrator of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Winchester
(1998-99).

Father Kelly served as pastor of St. Leo the Great Church in
Fairfax from (1999-2007); St. Veronica Church in Chantilly
(June-Nov. 2007); and St. Andrew the Apostle Church in
Clifton (2007-15).

Father Dennis W. Kleinmann

Father Dennis W. Kleinmann will become pastor of St. Veronica
Church in Chantilly.

He was born in Milwaukee July 22, 1959, the oldest of eight
children of William and Luvina Kleinmann.

After graduating from Beaver Dam High School, he attended
Bryant and Stratton College in Milwaukee to study accounting.
He worked for eight years as an office manager at a Wisconsin
car dealership before discerning a vocation to the
priesthood.

He attended the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus,
Ohio and Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md. He was
ordained May 15, 1993, by Bishop John R. Keating. His first
assignment was as parochial vicar of St. Michael Church in
Annandale (1993-96). He served as parochial vicar of Sacred
Heart Church in Winchester (1996-2002). He served as
administrator of St. Mary Church in Alexandria (2002-04)
before being named pastor in 2004.

Father Christopher J. Mould

Father Christopher J. Mould will become pastor of St. Andrew
the Apostle Church in Clifton.

He was born Dec. 1, 1959, the fourth of seven children of
John and Catherine Mould. He attended St. John School in
McLean and graduated from Bishop O’Connell High School in
Arlington in 1978.

In 1982, he graduated from the University of Virginia in
Charlottesville with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry.

Accepted as a seminarian for the Arlington Diocese in 1982,
he later completed his theological studies at St. Charles
Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa. As a seminarian, he
served at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Arlington, St. John
the Apostle Church in Leesburg and St. Timothy Church in
Chantilly.

He was ordained in May 21, 1988, by Bishop John R. Keating.
His first assignment was as parochial vicar of St. Mary
Church in Alexandria (1988-92). He served as parochial vicar
of St. Thomas à Becket Church in Reston (1992-95);
Church of the Nativity in Burke (1995-97); and St. Mary of
the Immaculate Conception Church in Fredericksburg
(1997-2001). He served as administrator of St. Lawrence the
Martyr Church in Alexandria (2002-04) before becoming pastor
in 2004.

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