Fr. Jurgen Liias was born in post-WWII Germany and emigrated with his parents to the United States as Displaced Persons in 1952, settling eventually in Boston. He was ordained an Episcopal Priest in 1973 and worked for forty years as a parish priest in the Boston area with strong commitments especially to charismatic Renewal and the Pro-life movement. On August 15, 2012 he was received and confirmed into the Catholic Church. On April 20, 2013 he was Ordained a Catholic Priest by Cardinal O’Malley for the Anglican Ordinariate. He is presently serving as Pastor of St. Gregory Ordinariate Church in Beverly Mass.