Fr. Cassian Derbes, O.P.

Director and Chaplain

Fr. Cassian Derbes is the director of the Catholic Center at NYU. He is an alumnus of NYU and has a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome. Fr. Cassian has held various pastoral, academic, and administrative positions, including as director of an initiative at the Vatican under Pope Francis to design, implement, and teach an executive leadership development program for the Cardinals, Bishops, and senior lay officials of the Roman Curia. His most recent position was as visiting professor at the University of Notre Dame in the Mendoza College of Business.