Father Wade L. J. Menezes, CPM, is a member of the Fathers of Mercy, a missionary preaching religious congregation based in Auburn, Kentucky. Ordained a priest during the Great Jubilee Year 2000, he received his bachelor’s degree in Catholic thought from the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Toronto, Canada, and his dual master of arts and master of divinity degrees in theology from Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut. His secular college degrees are in journalism and communications.

Father Wade is currently the assistant general and has served as director of vocations and director of seminarians for the Fathers of Mercy. He has also served as the chaplain-in-residence at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Hanceville, Alabama.