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The Very Rev. John Berg (’93) Elected to Third Term as FSSP Superior General
An alumnus priest, the Very Rev. John M. Berg, F.S.S.P. (’93), has once again stepped up to the challenge of becoming the superior general of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP).
The Fraternity’s General Chapter first elected Fr. Berg to be its superior general in 2006, when he was just 36 years old — one of the youngest priests ever to hold the position. Initially, he was surprised and reluctant. “All of our priests want to be in parishes or seminary formation, not doing administrative duties,” he said. “I was reassured by one of our founders, who told me my youth would be on my side. Still, I knew I would have to pray harder for wisdom and prudence.”
Six years later, the General Chapter elected him to a second six-year term, after which he stepped down as superior general in 2018. For the next three years, he served as pastor for St. Mary’s Church in Providence, Rhode Island, followed by three years at Immaculate Conception Church in Omaha, Nebraska. Earlier this month — on Tuesday, July 9 — the General Chapter of the FSSP elected Fr. Berg a third time, naming him as Superior General for another six years.
A member of the Thomas Aquinas College Class of 1993, Fr. Berg entered the seminary for the Fraternity shortly after his graduation. He spent three years completing his theological studies at Santa Croce, the Opus Dei seminary in Rome, receiving a pontifical licentiate in theology. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1997 and served as the first chaplain for the Fraternity’s church in Rome, San Gregorio dei Muratori. He has also worked as a professor at the International Seminary of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Denton, Nebraska.
“My main duty,” says Fr. Berg of his responsibilities as superior general, “is to the priests and seminarians of the Fraternity. I am responsible that they have the means set out by our constitutions — and, therefore, the Church — to achieve holiness. I must also protect the three pillars of the Fraternity: the study of St. Thomas, the traditional Mass, and fidelity to the Holy See, the Seat of Peter.”
Congratulations, Fr. Berg!