About Fr Bill

The Rev. William C. Yanson (“Father Bill”) is an ordained priest in the American National Catholic Church, the leading Independent Catholic communion in the United States. As an Independent Catholic communion, the ANCC reflects Catholic tradition and practice, but is not connected with Rome in any way. Fr. Bill will celebrate this year the tenth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.

Father Bill holds two Master’s Degrees, and was educated at Union College, Harvard University (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Divinity School), Middlebury College, The University of Vermont, and The University of St. Andrews (Scotland). He is an often-cited scholar of the Greek New Testament.

Fr. Bill and his wife of nearly 30 years make their home in St. Petersburg, FL, with their basset hounds and cats; they have two grown sons, who live in Claremont, FL, and Chicago, IL. Fr. Bill is on the staff of St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Community in St. Petersburg; his hobbies include his herb and vegetable gardens, travel, working on cars, classical and other kinds of music, and being on the lookout for unintentional humor.