EmailMe Form - Application for Ordination to the Priesthood

Name *

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Email *

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Date of Nomination *

MM / YYYY

Date of Postulancy *

MM / YYYY

Date of Candidacy *

MM / YYYY

Date of Diaconal Ordination *

MM / YYYY

Upload your transcript

If you are completing your theological education now or completed it during your postulancy, candidacy, or transitional diaconate, please upload a recent unofficial transcript. If you have not yet received a final transcript, please send upload a recent transcript here, and then email a final transcript to vocations@diocal.org before your ordination. If you completed your theological education before applying for postulancy, you may skip this step.

Upload your GOE certificates and any revised essays here *

Please upload a copy of your General Ordination Exam certificate here. If you received a "not proficient" score on any of the exams, please upload any additional materials, such as revised exam essays, as well. This field allows for multiple uploads.

REQUIRED ONLY for those who did not receive "proficient" on all GOEs: Provide the email address of the theological educator who reviewed your GOE results and supplemental assignments

Please provide the email address of the theological educator who reviewed your GOE results and any supplemental work, such as revised essays, here. That person will be emailed to confirm that they approved your supplemental assignments and recommended that the bishop consider your GOE requirement as satisfied.

Letter to the Bishop Requesting Ordination to the Priesthood *

Write a substantial (400+ word) letter to the bishop requesting ordination to the priesthood. Describe areas of academic and spiritual growth during your diaconate and how that has prepared you for ordination to the priesthood. Outline the goals you have for continued growth during the remained of your formation.

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