Roger J. Landry

Roger J. Landry (born 1971) is an American priest of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Fall River in Massachusetts. He has served as the national director of the Pontifical Mission Society in the United States since 2024. The same year he was named a Chaplain of His Holiness and monsignor by Pope Francis. He previously was a Catholic student chaplain at Columbia University from 2022 to 2024 and an attaché to the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations from 2015 to 2022.

Biography

Early life and education Roger J. Landry was born in 1971 to his parents Roger and Midge Landry in Lowell, Massachusetts. He has an identical twin brother, Scot, along with his younger siblings Greg and Colleen. Following this he attended Harvard College and studied biology. During the 1992 United States congressional elections he worked as a youth organizer for Republican candidates.

Following his graduation from Harvard in 1993 he entered seminary formation for the Diocese of Fall River, studying philosophy at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Maryland as well as St. Philip Seminary in Toronto. From 1995 to 1999, Landry was a seminarian in formation at the Pontifical North American College, studying at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas as well as the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical Lateran University. Landry was profiled by writer Brian Murphy in his 1997 book The New Men, which recounts seminary life at the North American College in Rome. In 2006, Landry was appointed to his first pastorate at St. Anthony of Padua Church in New Bedford as well as the editor of the diocesan newspaper, The Anchor. During his time as attache, he directed the Holy See's intern program and was director of special events.

From 2022 to 2024 he served as Catholic chaplain to Columbia University, and was a chaplain for the Seton Route of the four National Eucharistic Pilgrimages leading up to the 10th National Eucharistic Congress. He described the protests as "malevolent" and "antisemitic".

Personal life His identical twin brother, Scot, was born five minutes before Roger.