Community Leadership

Fr. Lionel Pacheco, CP, was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and raised in Corozal, his parents' hometown. He entered the Passionist Postulancy Program in 1987, professed his first vows in 1990 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and was ordained a priest in 1996 after completing his studies in Theology.

Through the years, he has worked in youth and vocation ministries, parish and prison ministries as well as in the formation of new candidates to Passionist consecrated life. Fr. Lionel has ministered in Lares and Carolina, Puerto Rico, in the Diocese of Orlando, FL, in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA, and at the Passionist Monastery Parish Church in Jamaica, Queens.

In May 2022, he earned a master’s degree in mental health counseling from Hofstra University, NY. He currently resides at St. Vincent Strambi Passionist Residence in Pelham, NY, alternating his leadership position as Provincial Consultor for Vocations and Formation with his priestly ministry and counseling practice serving the LGBTQIA2S+ community, people with HIV+, the unhoused, and those with alcohol and substance use disorders.

In his leisure time, Fr. Lionel enjoys baking, exercising, reading, listening to music, and watching movies, in addition to connecting with his family and friends.