St. Patrick Family Staff

Father Paul-Michael Piega is an ordained priest and in service for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin, Texas. He was born in Queens, New York, and lived there since the age of eight, until he and his family moved to Texas. After graduating from Rowlett High School, Fr. Piega pursued pre-medical studies at Texas A&M University where he initially began with a major in Biology. After a deep conversion experience in his sophomore year by attending a silent retreat during spring break, he fell back in love with his Catholic faith and began to discern a vocation towards the priesthood. Fr. Piega graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in Psychology and a minor in Business Administration, where shortly thereafter he entered seminary.

He is an alumnus of St. Joseph Seminary College in St. Benedict, Louisiana, and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy, where he received a Bachelors in Philosophy and Theology respectively. He then studied at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross and acquired a licentiate degree in the Sacred Liturgy and also studied at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.

Fr. Piega has a passion to draw others to the heart of God and believes that one can encounter God through the beauty of our faith, especially through the Church's liturgy and by having an intimate and personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Moreover, Fr. Piega recognizes that before anything else that he is a follower of Jesus Christ and is an adopted beloved son of God.

He enjoys praying for others, graphic designing, video making, singing, cooking, drawing, painting, buiding with Lego, working out, ultimate frisbee and more, but above all enjoys sharing God's joy and love with others. His hope is that you strive to become a saint and that you know that there is a God who loves you. Know of his prayers for you and he humbly asks that you please pray for him.

Father Piega also currently serves as a Diocesan Master of Ceremonies, is a member of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission, and has recently been appointed to serve on the Diocese of Austin Vocation Team. 

You can find out more about Fr. Piega at https://www.fatherpiega.org/about.

Rev. Fr. Paul-Michael Piega, S.T.L. 
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512-759-3712 x102