Fr. Vincent Mary Kelber, OP
Father Vincent was born November 10, 1977, in Whittier, California. He was baptized at St. Mary of the Assumption, a Redemptorist parish, in that same city.  While still young, his family moved northward to Seattle, Washington. He attended Newport High School, in Bellevue, Washington and spent half of his senior year studying Chinese in Beijing, China.

Beginning his university studies at Seattle University, Fr. Vincent focused on history and philosophy. Inspired by the urging and positive example of several Jesuit priests, he began to pursue the call to priesthood and religious life that had been on his mind for several years. After exploring various religious orders he entered the Order of Preachers. The Dominicans attracted him because of their both active and contemplative tradition. Fr. Vincent entered the novitiate at St. Albert Priory in Oakland, California on the Feast of the Assumption, August 15, 1999. After completing his first year of Dominican life, he made the religious vows of poverty, chastity and obedience on September 2, 2000. He completed his studies at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, a member school of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California and at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, a Masters of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Theology.

After his presbyteral ordination on June 2, 2007, Fr. Vincent was assigned to Holy Family Cathedral in Anchorage, Alaska where he serves as associate pastor.