Fr. Barry Cuba

Fr. Barry Cuba joined [St. Theresa Catholic Church](st-theresa.org) in July 2022 as parochial vicar, also known as assistant pastor. He was born in Austin, Texas and attended James Bowie High School. While in high school he worked at H.E.B. Grocery and couldn't get the priesthood out of his mind. “The idea of being a priest was a gentle tug at my heart that wouldn't go away,” he said.  So, after high school, he entered Holy Trinity Seminary and completed undergraduate studies at the University of Dallas followed by graduate studies at St. Mary's Seminary in Houston and the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.  He was ordained a priest on June 8, 2013.

Before ordination as a priest, Fr. Barry served as an officer in the Navy Reserve, where ministry assignments included Naval Station Newport, RI, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, and the VA Medical Center in Houston as a hospital chaplain. As a priest he served at St. Mary's Catholic Center at Texas A&M University, San José in Austin, St. Margaret Mary in Cedar Park, Emmaus in Lakeway, and St. Monica in Cameron, TX.

He says, “My style of ministry is to try to be the best resource as possible for the laity to live out their lives as Christians in a world filled with demands and distractions.”