Testimony of Bishop Gregory Parkes

2025-04-30

Testimony of Bishop Gregory Parkes Bishop Gregory L. Parkes is the middle child of three boys, born to Ronald and Joan Parkes in Mineola, New York on April 2, 1964. He grew up in a Catholic family that went to church on Sunday. He attended Catholic parochial school through eighth grade and public high school. Bishop Gregory moved to Daytona, FL for college and graduated from Florida State University with a degree in finance. He worked in banking after his degree and climbed the corporate ladder of...

Testimony of Bishop Gregory Parkes

Bishop Gregory L. Parkes is the middle child of three boys, born to Ronald and Joan Parkes in Mineola, New York on April 2, 1964. He grew up in a Catholic family that went to church on Sunday. He attended Catholic parochial school through eighth grade and public high school.

Bishop Gregory moved to Daytona, FL for college and graduated from Florida State University with a degree in finance. He worked in banking after his degree and climbed the corporate ladder of success, but he was not at peace.

He started attending daily Mass and regularly made visits to adoration. The Lord soon called him to the priesthood.

He entered the St. Vincent de Paul Seminary in 1993 and later studied in Rome, where he earned additional degrees in Theology and Canon Law.

He was a priest in the Diocese of Orlando for 12 years, before being appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee.

He adopted as his pastoral motto “To your name give the glory”. Bishop Parkes is presently the fifth bishop of our Diocese of St. Petersburg.

Bishop Parkes currently serves on the Budget and Finance Committee at the USCCB, and on the Board of Trustees of St. Leo University.

We invite you to listen to St. Petersburg’s beloved bishop’s vocation story and how God called him to the priesthood. We give thanks and praise to God for his “Yes” and for doing the will of God as he shepherds.

Bishop Gregory Parkes: This testimony was given to the St. Petersburg, FL Chapter in February of 2024.

The recording is 28 min. 40 sec. in length.

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