“The story of how God has brought me to where I am now is one of a gradual realization, not a single moment of revelation. To embark on a description or delineation of the journey of my life so far would be an unwieldy undertaking. I will say simply this: we human persons are made to give and receive love. In every interaction and conversation with another, we offer our gift of self. Living means experiencing, and further, that we also interrogate our experiences,  in order that we are never merely spectators of our existence, but that we find the love present in all things.”

In Love’s Service,
Father Leagon Carlin

Fr. Leagon Carlin was born and raised in Plattsburgh, New York, and he is a graduate of Peru High School in Peru, New York. After graduation from High School, he entered Seminary formation, attending the Pontifical College Josephinum for 4 years. He then entered Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, where he studied for a final four years. By the grace of God, at the age of 25, he was ordained a Priest on May 21st, 2022 by Bishop Terry R. LaValley at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Ogdensburg, New York.

Since 2025, Fr. Carlin has been assigned to full time studies in Canon Law at Saint Paul University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is set to complete his Licentiate in Canon Law in June 2026, and will return to Diocesan ministry.

Fr. Carlin has a very wide variety of interests, from music to literature, art, philosophy, psychology, and many things in between. He is also active in the ecclesial movement Communion and Liberation. Most especially, though, he loves people, and getting to know each new person as a uniquely valuable and fascinating individual!

Veni Sancte Spiritus, Veni per Mariam.