Diocese of Columbus seminarian PeterClaver Kasasa Kiviiri was ordained a deacon on Friday, May 27 at St. Joseph Cathedral by Bishop Emeritus Frederick Campbell.

Bishop Campbell, who retired in 2019, performed the ordination just days before new Diocese of Columbus Bishop Earl Fernandes was installed and ordained on Tuesday, May 31. 

Kiviiri, 38, will enter his final year of study for the priesthood of the Diocese of Columbus this fall at Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, Massachusetts. He is a native of Uganda who has lived in Ohio since 2010.


Bishop Frederick Campbell lays hands on Deacon PeterClaver Kasasa Kiviiri during his ordination at the Cathedral. At left is Deacon Frank Iannarino.  CT photo by Ken Snow