Rev. Frantisek Katrinak was born in Slovakia in 1971 and was ordained in the Archdiocese of Kosice, Slovakia in 1996. He served in a variety of ministries over the past 22 years. He came to the United States at the request of the Diocese of Youngstown to serve at St. Mary’s Parish. Father Francis started at St. Mary’s in August of 2018; his first time pastoring a church in the United States.