Fr. Patrick Langan, L.C., B.A., S.T.B.

Fr. Patrick Langan, LC, is a native of Dublin, Ireland, the oldest of five siblings. He joined the Legion in 1975 and completed his studies of classical humanities in Salamanca, Spain. He received his bachelor's degree in philosophy (1980) in the Pontifical Gregorian University and in theology (1991) in the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, both in Rome, Italy. Father Patrick did his apostolic internship in Cozumel, Mexico from 1980-1983, and was Director of Oaklawn Academy from 1985-1987. He was ordained to the priesthood by Pope John Paul II in 1991 in St. Peter’s Basilica. Subsequently, he spent ten years working in fundraising throughout the US and then eleven years in northern California as the chaplain to Canyon Heights Academy in San Jose and Serra Pre-School in San Francisco. Before his arrival in Atlanta, he assisted at Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Phoenix, Arizona. He also spent three years of field research with Fr. Owen Kearns, LC, for the publication of their recently published The Quest for the Core of the Regnum Christi Charism . Fr. Patrick currently is Parochial Vicar at St Brendan’s parish in Cumming, Georgia.