Fr. John was ordained on June 21, 2020.  After serving at the Church of the Nativity in Midland Park, NJ, he was assigned to Holy Family Parish in September 2020. 
He was raised in Glen Rock, NJ and graduated from Glen Rock High School.  Later, he graduated from the University of Notre Dame and served in the U.S. Navy Submarine Force.  He is also a graduate of the University of Chicago School of Business (M.B.A.) and the Rutgers University Law School (Newark) (J.D). 
In 2013, after standing up for the priesthood at a vocational meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,  he entered the Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Kearny, NJ.  He received a Masters in Divinity and a Masters in Biblical Studies from the Immaculate Conception School of Theology at Seton Hall University.