Welcome to our new Pastor, Fr. Paul M Hrebenko, who was born in Lubin, Poland. Fr. Paul is the youngest of six children. His home parish is Sacred Heart Church in Lubin, where he attended the Parish’s religious education program as a child. He also attended the Salesian Oratory where his desire to become a priest was nurtured by the Salesian Fathers and Sisters.

Following graduation from High School, he completed his philosophy in the Salesian Major Seminary in Lodz, before making the decision to serve the Church in the United States. He studied English as a second language at St. John Fisher Seminary in Stamford in 1999. Fr. Hrebenko was later assigned to the Archdiocesan St. Joseph Seminary in Yonkers, NY where he completed his studies in STB (from St. Thomas Aquinas University in Rome) and Master of Divinity in theology. Following his graduation, he was ordained to the priesthood in 2004 by Bishop William E. Lori.

Before coming to Our Lady of Fatima, Fr. Paul served St. Ann Parish in Bridgeport, St. Marguerite Bourgeoys Parish in Brookfield, St. Rose of Lima Parish in Newtown, and St. John Fisher Seminary as a Spiritual Director to our Diocesan seminarians. In 2012, he was appointed first an Administrator and later Pastor of Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Stamford. During his time at Holy Name, Fr. Paul studied liturgy at The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow, Poland. Over the years, Fr. Paul served on the Diocesan Priest Personnel Board, Vocations Advisory Board, faculty of Permanent Diaconate Program, and currently as Episcopal Vicar for the Polish Community.