Rev. Francis Xavier Saleth was born in 1977 in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. He was raised Catholic, went to Catholic school run by the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception at Sindalacherry in the Archdiocese of Madurai. He discerned his vocation to priesthood in 1996, joined the Missionary Society of Heralds of Good News and was ordained priest in 2006. He obtained his master’s degree in Systematic Theology at Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV) a Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Theology in Pune MH. He served as the Vice Rector at Heralds Minor Seminary Trichy, as Formator and Professor at St. Joseph Major Seminary Khammam TS. In 2013 he was assigned to the Archdiocese of Denver CO for Pastoral Ministry. From 2021-24, he served as the Vice Provincial of the Province of Mary Queen of Apostles, Heralds of Good News. In 2024 he was assigned to the Archdiocese of Portland OR for the Pastoral Ministry and currently he serves at St. Jude Parish in Eugene as the Administrator.