Fr. Carter Griffin

By Fr. Carter Griffin

Father Carter Griffin is a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington, DC. Raised Presbyterian, he converted to Catholicism while attending Princeton University. After serving as a line officer in the United States Navy, he entered the seminary and was ordained in 2004. He is the Rector of St. John Paul II Seminary in Washington, DC and the author of Why Celibacy?: Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest (Emmaus Road Publishing).