The provincial minister, or leader, of a Franciscan province is elected by his brother friars to oversee the province’s long-range planning and day-to-day operations. The provincial minister also represents his province to the wider Franciscan Order and to the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church. Holy Name Province is currently led by Provincial Minister Fr. Kevin Mullen, OFM, who works at our provincial headquarters in New York City. Below are the biographies of the friars who have led our province since its founding in 1901.

Fr. Kevin Mullen, OFM
2014 – present

Fr. John O’Connor, OFM
2005 – 2014

Fr. John Felice, OFM
1996 – 2005

Fr. Anthony Carrozzo, OFM
1987 – 1996

Fr. Alban Maguire, OFM
1980 – 1987

Fr. Charles Finnegan, OFM
1976 – 1980

Fr. Finian Kerwin, OFM
1967 – 1976

Fr. Donald Hoag, OFM
1961 – 1967

Fr. Celsus Wheeler, OFM
1952 – 1961

Fr. Thomas Plassmann, OFM
1949 – 1952

Fr. Bertrand Campbell, OFM
1943 – 1949

Fr. Jerome Dawson, OFM
1937 – 1943

Fr. Benvenute Ryan, OFM
1925 – 1931

Fr. Mathias Faust, OFM
1919 – 1925; 1931 – 1937

Fr. Anselm Kennedy, OFM
1910 – 1916