Rev. Oliver Coughlin

Parochial Vicar

Greetings all! I am delighted to be assigned to St. Bonaventure beginning in July 2025 for my first assignment after priesthood ordination. Here’s a little bit about myself.

I was born and raised in Orange County into a large Catholic family. I have six siblings, 4 sisters and 2 brothers. I attended different parishes growing up, including La Purisima in Orange when Fr. Vincent Pham was pastor! Prior to entering the seminary, I studied Philosophy and Law and worked briefly in the legal profession. In 2018-19, I began discerning a vocation to the diocesan priesthood and entered St. John’s Seminary in the Fall of 2020. Eucharistic adoration and the daily rosary were crucial to my discernment of the priesthood.

I can’t wait to meet you all and I ask for your prayers. Please count on my prayers for you.