Staff Member
Fr. Timothy J. Shreenan, O.F.M.
Fr. Tim became Pastor of St. Patrick-St. Anthony on October 1, 2020 after spending more than 30 years at the Church of St. Francis of Assisi in New York City. He was ordained in 1984 and served initially in a small parish in West Milford, NJ before beginning his three-decade ministry in Manhattan, also serving for a time as Director of Communications for the Franciscans of Holy Name Province. Fr. Tim, the youngest of six children, was born and raised in Buffalo, NY. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Siena College in 1976 and a Master of Divinity degree in 1984 from Washington Theological Union. Fr. Tim’s interests include music (he plays the organ and the flute), art, history, travel and much more, including the study of illuminated manuscripts from the Middle Ages and Renaissance.