Father Joseph Ross
Father Joe Ross has been pastor of Christ the King since June of 1995, coming from St. Thomas More University Parish in Norman, where he served 8 years. His earlier assignments included St. John's, Edmond, St. Charles Borromeo, and St. Francis Assisi, Oklahoma City, where he began his service as priest.

Father Ross grew up in Chickasha, Oklahoma, as the oldest of ten children, eight of whom still live in Oklahoma. Two Oklahoma priests, now retired, are his uncles: Fr. James Ross, founding pastor of St. Eugene's, and Fr. William Ross, who assists the same parish in his retirement.

Fr. Ross spent his last four years of seminary at the North American College and Gregorian University in Rome. He has also done graduate work at Notre Dame. He served as a chaplain in the Oklahoma Air National Guard for 23 years, from 1979 to 2002. He was also Vicar of Ministries and directed the Archdiocesan Permanent Deacon program from 1979 to 1989.