Father Jeff Walker

Father Jeff's Last Weekend at St. Thomas More will be August 24-25, 2024!

Fr. Jeff was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Toledo on the Feast of St. Thomas More (June 22) in 2013 and has been the pastor here at St. Tom's since July 1, 2020. His home town of Custar is just a short country drive from Bowling Green and since he went to middle school and high school in BG, he considers himself a "BG Townie". He was a Catholic Falcon, too! He was studying Foreign Langue Education at BGSU his freshman year when he became involved in Catholic Campus Ministry and began discerning a vocation to the priesthood.

He finished his undergrad at St. Joseph Seminary at Loyola University Chicago and went on to spend the five years of seminary at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Italy. He earned a graduate degree in Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University and a post-grad degree, called a Licentiate, in Sacramental Theology from the Pontifical Athenaeum of St. Anselm. His first parish assignment as a priest was at St. Rose Parish in Perrysburg and then he spent three years as the Parochial Vicar for the three Catholic Parishes in Sandusky and the Priest Leader of Sandusky Central Catholic High School before coming back to BG. In his free time, you might see him at the movies, re-reading something by CS Lewis, or even at Cedar Point or one of the Orlando parks. You’ll hear those things pop up in his sermons as well.

Fun Fact 

Fr. Jeff LOVES roller coasters!  His favorite one at the moment is VelociCoaster at Universal's Islands of Adventure!