Brief Biography

Msgr. Jason Gray was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Peoria in 1997.   While studying at the North American College in Rome, he earned an S.T.L. in Biblical Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1998.   He has been assigned to both parish work and chancery work after ordination.   In 2004, he was sent to Catholic University to earn a J.C.L. in Canon Law, which he completed in 2006.   Msgr. Gray was assigned as pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Peoria, and was also assigned as judicial vicar for the diocesan tribunal.  In 2009, he was made a chaplain to His Holiness.

In 2011, Msgr. Gray participated in the instruction of an alleged miraculous healing of a stillborn child through the intercession of the Servant of God, Archbishop Fulton Sheen.  In 2012, Msgr. Gray was invited to work for the Holy See in the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, where he also worked on a J.C.D. in Canon Law in 2015.

Following the completion of this degree, Msgr. Gray returned to the Diocese of Peoria and became pastor of St. Thomas Parish, Peoria Heights. In 2023, he was named Executive Director of the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation. When the permission was given in 2026 by Pope Leo XIV to proceed with the Beatification, Msgr. Gray assumed a leadership role in planning the ceremony to take place in St. Louis on September 24, 2026. He was also assigned as Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, and Rector of the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception where the mortal remains of the future Blessed Fulton Sheen are interred.

Msgr. Gray can be contacted through this website by sending an e-mail to jgray@jgray.org.