About Our Parish

A Parish is Created

Property for St. Peter church and rectory was purchased on October 10, 1929 for $4,700.00 from the Quong Tuck Lung Co. Bishop O'Dea sent a letter to the surrounding parishes announcing the creation of St. Peter parish on February 3, 1931. With Mr. Frank McMahon as the architect, ground was broken on the site on June 2, 1931 for the church. Actual construction began the week of June 28, 1931, and the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Gustave Archtergael, paster of St. Alphonsus Church in north Seattle, laid the cornerstone on October 15, 1931.

Former Pastors, Resident Priests, and Pastoral Assistants

1931 - 1936 Rev. Hugh Lynch
1936 - 1966 Rev. John Murphy
1966 - 1980 Rev. John McMahon
1980 - 1981 Rev. Msgr. John Doogan
1982 - 1982 Most Rev. Nicolas Walsh
1982 - 1987 Rev. Edmund Kearney
1987 - 1988 Rev. Ed Vernon, Rev. Paul Serruys Assisting
1988 - 1993 Rev. Mathew Naumes
1993 - 1996 Dennis Lucey, Pastoral Assistant
1993 - 1994 Rev. Robert Scheidler
1994 - 1998 Rev. Clay Meyer
1996 - 2016 Linda Lopez Liang, Pastoral Coordinator
1998 - 2010 Rev. Peter J. Duggan
2010 - 2015 Rev. Lyle Konan
2015 - 2019 Rev. Paulino Felino
2019 - present Rev. Scott Connolly

St. Peter the Apostle

The patron saint of our parish is Peter the Apostle. Peter was a native of Bethsaida near Lake Tiberias. First named Simon, he lived and worked as a fisherman with his brother Andrew who introduced him to Jesus. Jesus gave Simon the name “Cephas”, the Aramaic equivalent of Peter (The Rock) in Greek. Peter was the chosen leader of the apostles and is mentioned more frequently in the Gospels than any other apostle. He became the first pope of the Catholic Church and was crucified at the foot of Vatican Hill in Rome. The church celebrates his feast day on June 29th.