Fr. Christopher Cicero

Pastor

Father Cicero was born and raised in Warren, Ohio. He attended Catholic schools at St. James, St. Mary’s, and John F. Kennedy Catholic High School, class of 2001. After one year of college at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., he entered the seminary for the Diocese of Youngstown. In 2005, he earned a Bachelor of Philosophy and Humanities from the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio. As a seminarian at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, he received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology from the Gregorian University in 2008. He continued his studies at the Saint John Paul II Institute for Studies in Marriage and Family. Bishop George V. Murry, S.J. ordained him to the priesthood on July 18, 2010. As his first priestly assignment, completed a License of Sacred Theology at the John Paul Il Institute in Rome. In 2011, he was appointed parochial vicar of St. Christine Parish in Youngstown. In 2014, he became the pastor of St. Jude, Columbiana, and Our Lady of Lourdes, East Palestine. He was named pastor of Blessed Sacrament and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in 2020 and St. Mary and St. Joseph in 2023. In 2024, he became the first pastor of the newly formed St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish. Father’s family lives in Warren aside from his brother who lives in California. He asks for prayers for vocations to the priesthood.