Gregory Parkes

Gregory Lawrence Parkes (born April 2, 1964) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[3][1][4] On June 26, 1999, Parkes was ordained a priest at Saint James Cathedral in Orland for the Diocese of Orlando by Bishop Norbert Dorsey.

[5] In May 2016, a group of parents protested the appointment of Reverend Roy C Marien as principal of John Paul II Catholic High School in Tallahassee, Florida.

For his pastoral motto, Parkes chose “To your name give the glory” from Psalm 115, Verse 1 from the Old Testament of the Bible.

[2] On November 14, 2018, Parkes was elected treasurer of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

[2] On October 17, 2018, Parkes and the diocese were named in a sexual abuse lawsuit by Mark Cattell, a Virginia resident.

Cattell alleged that, at age nine, he had been abused in 1981 by Reverend Robert D. Huneke from Christ the King Parish in Tampa.