Sat., June 30 Bristol native to be ordained to the Priesthood

(PROVIDENCE) – Bristol native Phillip J. Dufour, a transitional deacon, will be ordained to the priesthood on Saturday, June 30 at 10:00 a.m. in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Providence. Bishop Thomas J. Tobin will be the main celebrant and ordaining bishop. In preparation for the ordination, a Holy Hour for priestly vocations will take place at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Bristol, on Friday, June 29, at 7:00 p.m. with Auxiliary Bishop Robert C. Evans presiding.

Dufour, son of Denise and Gerard Dufour, of Bristol, attended Our Lady of Mt Carmel School in Bristol and Bishop Stang High School in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. In 2010, he entered Our Lady of Providence Seminary and attended Providence College where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy. In 2014, he was assigned to continue his seminary formation at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, and received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas.

While a seminarian, DuFour was assigned to St. Rocco Parish, Johnston, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence and St. Francis deSales Parish in North Kingstown. He was ordained to the transitional diaconate in 2017 by Bishop James Checchio, in the Papal Basilica of St. Peter in Rome.

Father Dufour will celebrate his first Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, July 1 at his home parish, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Bristol. After a summer assignment, he will return to Rome to continue his studies.