The Institute of Catholic Theology

Rev. Christopher Fraser was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Phoenix in June of 2001. Before entering St. Meinrad Seminary, he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business from Arizona State University in 1994. Upon graduation, he was employed at the School of Law at Arizona State until 1996 when he entered the seminary to study for the Priesthood for the Diocese of Phoenix. He received an MDiv from St. Meinrad School of Theology in 2001 and was ordained June 2, 2001. Fr. Fraser’s parish assignments were Parochial Vicar at SS. Simon and Jude Cathedral and St. Andrew the Apostle. In 2004, Fr. Fraser was sent to the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC to study canon law, where he earned a licentiate in Canon Law in 2006. Upon graduation, he returned to Phoenix to work full time in the Tribunal, where he has served as the Judicial Vicar since December of 2007.