Deacon Joseph Fiorentino will be ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Tyler by Bishop Gregory Kelly on November 21, 2026. The ordination Mass will be at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tyler at 10 a.m.
Deacon Fiorentino was born and raised in Georgia. In August 2016, he went to St. Joseph Seminary College in Covington, Louisiana. In 2020, he attended Notre Dame Seminary Graduate School in New Orleans where he met seminarians from the Diocese of Tyler. In March 2023, he left the Archdiocese of Atlanta and transitioned to the Diocese of Tyler as a seminarian. After completing a pastoral year at Our Lady of Victory in Paris, Deacon Fiorentino finished his last two years of seminary at St. Mary’s in Houston. He is currently serving at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tyler.
