Bishop John Edward Keehner Jr.

Msgr. John E. Keehner, Jr., was born on 19 November 1965 in Youngstown, in the diocese of the same name. He obtained a bachelor’s degree from the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, and a master’s degree in biblical studies from Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary of the West in Cincinnati. He was later awarded a licentiate in canon law at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome. He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Youngstown on 12 June 1993. He has held the following offices: parish vicar of Saint Charles in Boardman, judge at the Tribunal, vice rector of the Cathedral, University pastoral director at Youngstown State University, defender of the bond, rector of the Cathedral, parish priest of Saint Columba, Saint Casmir and Saint Christine in Youngstown, and parish priest of Saint Paul in North Canton. Since 2024 he has served as parish priest of Our Lady of Peace in Ashtabula, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Geneva, Corpus Christi in Conneaut and Saint Andrew Bobola in Sheffield.