Rev. Martin Gallagher

B.A., M.Div.

Sulpician Candidate

Father Martin Gallagher is priest of the Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y., which is also his hometown.  Ordained in 2017, he completed his studies for the priesthood at Christ the King Seminary in East Aurora, N.Y., earning a Master of Divinity.  Father Gallagher has been accepted into the candidacy formation program for the Society of St. Sulpice in 2025 and looks forward to joining the wider community of Theological College.

 Prior to his seminary formation, Father Gallagher earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, with an Anthropology concentration, from SUNY Fredonia in 2005.  During seminary studies, he completed the Clinical Pastoral Education Program at UPMC Montefiore and Presbyterian (Pittsburgh) in 2015.

 As a parish priest for eight years, Father Gallagher served in a variety of roles at different parishes, some of which overlapped.  He served as pastor for two years and administrator (including temporary) for nearly two years.  He also ministered as parochial vicar for five and a half years, before and after the diocesan reorganization called the Road to Renewal.

 Immediately following college, Fr. Gallagher taught English in Japan for two years.  Rotating between junior high school and five elementary schools, he lived and worked in the northern prefecture of Iwate between 2006 and 2008.

 Father Gallagher enjoys the study of the Church Fathers, Church history, and liturgical theology.  One of his particular areas of interest is the study of and integration of Eastern Christian theology (Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox) into various theological disciplines and pastoral practices.