Michael Anthony Perry

Michael Anthony Perry, O.F.M. (born 1954), is an American Franciscan friar who served as the minister general of the Order of Friars Minor from 2013 to 2021.

Biography Perry was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the United States. He is a 1972 graduate of Roncalli High School (Indiana). He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Philosophy from Quincy University. Following his university studies, he entered the novitiate of the Province of the Sacred Heart of the Franciscan Order on 25 June 1977, and professed temporary religious vows on 11 August of the following year, the feast day of Saint Clare of Assisi.

Perry was then sent to pursue his academic studies in preparation for ordination as a Catholic priest. He earned the degree of Master of Arts in Theology, and then a Masters of Divinity from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, IL. He professed solemn vows as a full member of the Franciscan friars on 10 October 1981, and was ordained on 2 June 1984.