Father Mark Doherty, a Tacoma, Washington native, was ordained as a priest for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 2014 after a decade with the California Province of Jesuits. During his time with the Jesuits and beyond, he dedicated years to teaching, further education, and assignments across the United States and abroad. In 2016, he moved to Switzerland to pursue graduate studies, earning a License in Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg in 2018. Subsequently, he was appointed ‘assistant diplômé’ to the Chair in Fundamental Moral Theology. In 2020, he returned to St. Patrick’s Seminary and was named interim rector-president by Archbishop Cordileone. The following year, the Board of Trustees appointed him rector-president for a five-year term.