Fr. William Frei is passionate about reaching people through the love of God. He was ordained at Holy Spirit Catholic Church on John’s Island, SC, on July 10, 2020. After ordination to the priesthood, he studied for one more year at the Pontifical Gregorian University before he was assigned as parochial vicar to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and as chaplain to Cardinal Newman School in Columbia, SC. He was then assigned as parochial vicar of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and of San Sebastián Parish in Greenville, SC, before being assigned as administrator of Corpus Christi Catholic Church.

Fr. Frei was born in Spartanburg, SC, and raised in Aiken, SC. He attended St. Mary’s Help of Christians Catholic School from kindergarten through eighth grade before attending Aiken High School.  Growing up, he had thoughts of the priesthood, but it was after seeing the bones of St. Peter beneath St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy, while he was on a vocations pilgrimage when he began to seriously discern a call to the priesthood. 

There are many things that he is looking forward to as he begins his assignment at Corpus Christi, such as: offering Holy Mass, administering the sacraments, getting to know parishioners and to serve you as our parish priest. Though he is most looking forward to continuing to better know, love, and serve the Lord Jesus as a parish and, in so doing, finding together a peace and fulfillment that only comes from him.