Father James Patrick Meyers, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, attended St. John Vianney Seminary in his home state and Immaculate Conception Seminary in Conception, Missouri. He also studied at the Theological college at the Catholic University Of America, where he received a bachelor's degree in theology and pursued a master's until his ordination in 1970. He has served as Associate Pastor at St. John the Baptist, Silver Spring, the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, NW; St. Bartholomew, Bethesda; St. Patrick, NW; and St. Joseph on Capital Hill. In 1990, he was named Pastor of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parish in Leonardtown, Maryland. He became Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes in January 1999. He previously served as the Dean of Clergy in Middle Montgomery County.