Welcome, Fr. Roque!
Fr. Roque Meraz was born in Durango, Mexico, the youngest of seven. He immigrated to the United States in 2000. Father attended College Seminary at Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary, in Winona, MN, where he completed a Bachelor’s Degree. After college graduation, Fr. Roque moved to Mexico City to continue his Theological studies and attended the Conciliar Seminary in Mexico City. Two years later, he transferred to St. Augustine Seminary in Toronto, Canada, where he concluded his Theological formation and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sacred Theology and a Masters in Divinity.
On June 12, 2015, Fr. Roque was ordained a priest by Bishop Donald Hying for the Diocese of Gary in Toronto, Canada. Immediately after, he was assigned Associate Pastor at St. Mary’s Church in Bampton, Ontario. In 2016, Fr. Roque returned to the Diocese of Gary, where he was assigned Associate Pastor of St. Francis Xavier, in Lake Station, and St. Joseph the Worker, in Gary. A year later he was appointed Administrator of St. Joseph the Worker where he served for three years. Later, Fr. Roque went back to Mexico, for a year and a half, and returned to the Diocese of Gary where he was assigned Associate Pastor of St. Patrick, in Chesterton.
On July 1st, 2022, Fr. Roque joined St. Paul Catholic Church as Associate Pastor. In his spare time, Fr. Roque loves to spend time with people and get to know them. He also likes long walks, reading, praying, and painting, but most of all he loves coffee…and Jesus.
