Fr. Karl Kiser entered the Detroit province of the Society of Jesus in Berkely, Michigan in 1986 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1997. This past June he was installed as Provincial of the USA Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus.
He grew up in Menomonie, Wisconsin and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Michigan State University. He studied Theology at Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at Comillas University in Madrid, Spain, and also at University of Saint Mary of the Lake in Mundelein, Illinois. Fr. Kiser was superior of Loyola House, the Jesuit novitiate in Berkley, Mchigan (1998-2002), served as President of the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy in Detroit, and was the pastor of Gesu Church in University Heights, Ohio.
