Bio
Rev. Aaron Kelly is a priest of the Diocese of Rochester, New York, and was ordained on July 2, 2022. After graduating from Horseheads High School in 2013, he studied philosophy at St. John’s University for two years, prior to being accepted into the Basselin Scholars Program at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He graduated with his licentiate in philosophy (Ph.L.) from The Catholic University of America in 2018 and wrote a thesis entitled: "The Teleology of Friendship According to Cicero and St. Aelred of Rievaulx." While attending seminary at The Pontifical North American College in Rome, Italy, he completed his baccalaureate in theology (S.T.B.) from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. He then completed his licentiate in canon law (J.C.L.) at the Pontifical Gregorian University, graduating summa cum laude in 2024. He wrote a thesis entitled: "Freedom of Research and Expression in Canon 218 and its Application to Professors of Ecclesiastical Faculties." Fr. Kelly currently serves as Parochial Vicar of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Rochester, New York, and a judge on the diocesan tribunal.
