Father Marcus Mallick, born a Melkite in Fort Worth, Texas, was ordained a Priest of the Archdiocese of Denver, CO, in 2005, where he served three years as a parochial vicar and seven years as pastor of a parish. Father Mallick was granted an educational leave in order to pursue a Master of Arts degree in Liturgical Studies at the Liturgical Institute in Mundelein, IL. He also began researching his Melkite roots and came to petition for entrance into the Melkite Eparchy of Newton, where he has been accepted for five years ad experimentum as a priest in good standing.