Background
Father Berg was born to a Catholic family in Minnesota in 1970.
Father Berg was born to a Catholic family in Minnesota in 1970.
Berg studied philosophy at Thomas Aquinas College in California from 1989 to 1993, where he discerned a vocation to the priesthood.
French Berg was elected to a second term as Superior General at the FSSP"s fifth General Chapter in July 2012. In 1994, he entered the congregation"s seminary in Wigratzbad, where he studied for two years. He finished his studies with a Licentiate in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome.
Ordained by Bishop James Timlin of Scranton on September 6, 1997, he has worked as both a pastor and as a seminary professor
Until his election to Superior General, Berg was chaplain of the Latin Mass Community of Sacramento, California. In accordance with the rules governing the society of which he has become superior general, Berg has celebrated Low Mass, Sung Mass, and Solemn Mass in Latin using this form of the Roman Rite.
Berg currently lives at the Fraternity"s General House in Fribourg, Switzerland. He speaks English, French, and Italian fluently.
