{"id":368,"name":"Fr. Nikola Derpich, LC","url":"","description":"<p><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-186093\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Derpich-headshot-v2-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>Fr. Nikola Derpich, L.C., S.Th.D., was born in California to a Croatian-American family and received a BA with a double major in\u00a0<i>Computer and Information Sciences and Literature with an Emphasis on Creative Writing<\/i>\u00a0from the\u00a0<i>University of California<\/i> at Santa Cruz in 1989. He worked in the computer industry for 7.5 years as a technical support engineer and technical writer.<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">He entered the\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Legionaries of Christ<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0in 1997, making his first vows in 1999, and received a B.A. in Philosophy and Theology from the Pontifical Athenaeum\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Regina Apostolorum<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> in 2001 and 2006, respectively.<\/span> He was ordained a Catholic priest on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception in 2006 and continued his studies, receiving an S.T.L. in Theology in 2008 and a S.Th.D. in dogmatic theology in 2015.<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Since ordination, he has worked\u00a0at\u00a0<em>Regina Apostolorum<\/em>\u00a0as the U.S. Enrollment Coordinator for the School of Bioethics, as a theology instructor at\u00a0<em>Our Lady of Thornwood<\/em>\u00a0(Thornwood, N.Y.) and\u00a0<em>Mater Ecclesiae<\/em> College (Greenville, R.I.), and as a chaplain at\u00a0<em>Overbrook Academy<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Regina Apostolorum<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>As a Legionary, he contributed <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">to<em>\u00a0Sacerdos<\/em> magazine from 2000 to 2006, writing the column\u00a0<em>\"Priests of the Twentieth Century.<\/em>\"<\/span><i>\u00a0<\/i>From 2017-2020, he was Associate Pastor at <i>St. Brendan the Navigator<\/i> Catholic Church in Cumming, GA. 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