Father Mark Bozada was born in St. Louis, MO in 1955, raised in St. Dismas Parish, Florissant, MO, attended St. Louis Preparatory Seminary-North, Cardinal Glennon Seminary, and graduated from UMSL with an English degree, certified to teach secondary education. He spent four years at Kenrick Theological Seminary and was ordained in May 1981 by Archbishop May. After two years as an associate pastor, he taught in the St. Louis Archdiocesan high schools for nine years before continuing full time in parish ministry.