Very Rev. Patrick J. West, Vice-Chair

Father West was ordained to the priesthood on May 30, 1981, at the parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in South Ozone Park. After serving there for ten years he was assigned to the parish of St. Francis de Sales in Belle Harbor and then served as pastor of the parishes of St. Peter Claver in Bedford Stuyvesant, and Our Lady of Solace in Coney Island. He is the Pastor of St. Sebastian Church and Corpus Christi Church in Woodside, as well as the Dean of the Queens 2 Deanery.

Father West says, “I have been extremely blessed in my over 40 years of priesthood. I have had the opportunity to meet so many wonderful people who have been a true blessing to me.”

Father West is a graduate of Tioga Central High School, Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception, and Immaculate Conception Seminary.