Father Paul Hoesing

Diocese of Omaha

Father Hoesing, who grew up on the family farm near Menominee and in St. Boniface Parish, learned from his parents both the value of hard work and a commitment to education. With his mother’s encouragement and support, his father earned two master’s degrees and taught high school and college agronomy, all while working the farm.

Following Father Hoesing’s ordination for the Omaha archdiocese in 2002, educating and mentoring young people soon became an integral part of his priestly service.

During his first assignment as assistant pastor of St. Bernard Parish in Omaha, he also served as chaplain and teacher at Roncalli Catholic High School. He then served two years as associate pastor of St. Patrick Parish in O’Neill while also teaching at the parish’s St. Mary High School.

In 2008, he became the archdiocese’s vocations director and served in campus ministry at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and in a support role at Wayne State College. He was elected president of the National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors in 2013 and served on the faculty of the Institute for Priestly Formation in Omaha.

Father Hoesing joined Kenrick-Glennon Seminary’s faculty in 2015 as dean of seminarians and director of human formation, became vice-rector for formation in 2019 and president-rector in 2022.