A native of Mexico and an alumnus of St. John’s Seminary, Fr. Marco was ordained to the priesthood in 2007. He has served as Associate Pastor at Santa Clara Church in Oxnard. From 2011 till 2015 he resided in Rome pursuing Moral Theology studies at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. His doctoral dissertation is titled In Search of an Universal Ethics. Analysis of the Document on Natural Law by the International Theological Commission and a Comparison to the Contributions of John Finnis and Martin Rhonheimer. Fr. Marco was appointed rector of St. John’s Seminary in July of 2018.