Native Place: Corpus Christi, TX

Entered Novitiate: August 26, 2017

First Promise: August 31, 2018

Final Promise: September 2, 2022

Diaconate Ordination: September 3, 2022

Priestly Ordination: May 20, 2023

First Mass: May 21, 2023

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Paulist Fr. Eric Hernandez was ordained a priest in May 2023.

Fr. Eric earned a B.A. in philosophy with a minor in religious studies from Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi and received his master's degree at the Catholic University of America.

During his college years, he was involved in campus ministry and young adult ministry at his church.

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Fr. Eric's First Mass, May 21, 2023 at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York.

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Fr. Eric's Ordination Mass, May 20, 2023 at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York.

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Eric Hernandez "signs in" as a Paulist novice on August 26, 2017.