Vocations profile: Father Gregory Caldwell

Father Gregory Caldwell, a priest for the Diocese of Burlington, transitioned from a career in software engineering to the priesthood after converting to Catholicism.

Raised in a Protestant household in Vermont, Caldwell studied computer science at the University of Michigan. After graduating, he worked as a software engineer before entering the Catholic Church through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults in Ann Arbor. He noted that the beauty of the liturgy and the nature of worship led to his conversion.

Caldwell entered the seminary for the Diocese of Burlington in 2016 and studied at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in Indiana. Bishop Christopher Coyne ordained him on May 21, 2022.